Word: approach
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...pole vault Yale should win all three places, with Johnson, Adriance and Hord in the order names. Hoyt of Harvard has not been able this year to approach his old time form, and Prouty is suffering from a lame ankle. The latter may, however, secure a place, as his work has improved great over that of last year...
...same radius. This radius is so short that the sudden pronounced change from straight-away to turn exerts a detrimental effect upon the gait and speed of the runner. In the new track this difficulty has been removed by the introduction of a gradual transition curve in the approach at either end. This transition curve is in three tangent area, each twenty feet in length. The radius of the first is three hundred and eighty two feet, thus making the departure from the straight-away very gradual. In the second, the radius is shortened to one hundred and ninety...
...must enact duties which shall secure prosperity to the islanders. Our own customs laws will not accomplish this. They were devised to protect a manufacturing country that presents an almost complete contrast to Porto Rico, a purely agricultural island. In the parts of our country where the economic conditions approach those of Porto Rico, in the southern plantation states, the opposition to our tariff has been increasing for seventy-five years...
...view of the near approach of the German play the following facts about Mr. Conried and his company are of interest. In one of the recent numbers of Harper's Magazine, Mr. John Corbin '92 says: "If the question were to be asked, what is the most dramatic instition in the country, an intelligent theatre-goer would most certainly answer, 'Mr. Conried's Irving Place Theatre.' Relying merely on the artistic spirit of the German speaking communities of New York, Mr. Conried has established a house that presents most of the interesting features of the repertory theatres that...
...will, however, be of the nature of an exhibition since it will not count towards the championship. In each event, gold, silver, and bronze medals will be given, and a silver cup will be presented to the winners of the extra event. Competitors will be allowed two points for approach to apparatus, two points for finish, three points for form, and three points for excellence. Arrangements were also completed for a dual-gymnastic meet between Yale and Columbia to be held in New Haven on March...