Word: anyhow
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...level of pauperism. It is at least as just as the Act of Congress which granted extravagant pensions to the surviving veterans of the Mexican war. It is important for us to remember that the soldiers which the Dependent Pension hill was designed to aid, have to be supported anyhow; it is merely a question whether it shall be done by our local authorities, or by the national government which those men fought to rescue and preserve...
...Cornell that was winning the cup year after year. So that even if it could be said of Harvard and Yale's withdrawing from the Intercollegiate Boating Association that it was with a view of enabling one or the other of them to always come in first anyhow, how can anything be said in opposition to the proposed league of Harvard, Yale and Princeton in base-ball. These colleges always lead, and one or the other of them wins the championship, and if once a league by themselves, public interest, not to say collegiate too, will concentrate on their three...
...examinations under any circumstances. He placed July 15 as the earliest possible date at which he could run, if he concluded to, and on being informed that Mr. Rogers would gladly train till then to set the question at rest, he added that he "didn't intend to run anyhow, and never had." The race will not come...
...examination time is a great injustice to them, and a hindrance to whatever preparation they may be making for the examinations. Instructors ought to be very careful before they decide to do this. Extra work can but have a discouraging effect on the men who are hard pressed enough anyhow at this time, and it may make a serious difference with their standing if they take sufficient time from their preparation to do the work well, as the instructors of course desire. There is no justice in such a proceeding to commend it in the slightest; on the contrary...
Goodies are of two kinds, candy and Irish; but gimme candy. So are potatoes, but I like sweet potatoes best. My brother Fred, he's at college, says he don't like goodies, but he's stuck up, anyhow, and I heard Miss May tell Miss Archer yesterday that she thought Fred real conceited, there now! But Jenny May, that's Miss May's sister, says she's mashed on Fred. How funny. Jenny's a nice girl, only she will tease a feller about kissing people. Well, I never kissed a girl, - 'd'ruther play marbles...