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Word: aptly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...wrong system which makes them go to the expense of hiring men to stand in the line. Then even after the line is formed, as we all know from the sale of seats for the Springfield game last fall, the men in the rear of the line are apt to be shut out wholly from getting seats at all. We could hardly conceive of a much more unsatisfactory plan than that of leaving the limit to be decided on at the time by those who have charge of selling the tickets. Moreover if the sale is to be public, nothing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/17/1892 | See Source »

Norton, second base, covers a great deal of ground and is a sure thrower. He fields thrown balls and hard hits well, but is apt to fumble slow grounders. He is a good base runner and weak batter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Nine. | 5/13/1892 | See Source »

While we have thus far merely considered the trouble that is apt to arise from the mislaying or miscarriage of books which have been handed in, there always exists that possibility, yes, even probability, that certain men will forget to hand in their blue books at all. This has been pointed out so often and so forcibly that it is needless to dwell on it here. What we do advocate is that the college authorities, beginning with this year's final examinations, shall eliminate with the present chances for serious mistakes, by providing the blue books at the time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/12/1892 | See Source »

...article on the religious movement of the seventeenth century. But he was first and last a critic. With him the writer was regarded as an individual, and he thought the first duty of the critic was to know him. It was an excellent method, but it was one apt to give, instead of criticism, too many incidents of the author. In general tone his criticisms are happy and good natured and in touch with humanity. His irony is keen and delicate, and while he is sometimes diffuse he is never languid. If not a great man in the most comprehensive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mr. Black's Lecture. | 5/5/1892 | See Source »

...goes without saying that a man of Senator Hawley's reputation commanded the closest kind of attention. His record as a leader in the Senate made his remarks on the tariff the subject of the deepest interest. Apt quotations from Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill's works were used effectively in illustrating his points and proved conclusively, when supplemented by his own material, the necessity of this country for a protective tariff. The Senator spoke feelingly on the subject of domestic manufactures, gave vivid examples of prosperity under the present system, and closed by exposing our present helplessness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Republican Club. | 4/23/1892 | See Source »

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