Word: americas
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...more than four times greater than those committed in 1886 when there was no coercion. Relatively to the population, England and Scotland are far more criminal countries than Ireland, as are Iowa and Massachusetts. If there is to be any coercion, it should be applied to England and America rather than to Ireland...
Vose's Bridge Disasters in America...
...classes of '37 and '38, there was founded at Williams College a secret society, Phi Beta Theta, which soon changed its title and became as the Williams Lyceum of Natural History, a society for the study of natural science. It is the oldest college scientific society in America and will be represented in the course of lectures the Harvard Society is giving by Dr. Samuel F. Clarke, professor of biology at Williams, the lecturer of to-night...
...there is another view to take of the subject. If America is proud of anything she is proud of her manhood and vigor, of her powers by land and sea, and of her acknowledged lead in all kinds of sports where a cool head and manly vigor win honors; and in no place is this pride more marked than right here in Eastern Massachusetts, in Boston, the "hub" of sports as well as of the universe...
...paled before colleges of more enterprise. But let it be understood that fair Harvard has been selected to uphold the honor of the nation in a friendly contest, and this lukewarm feeling will give place to enthusiasm, and there will be such a revival in aquatic sports as America has never seen...