Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...nights the disagreeable odor of smoke from the burning gas jets, and wretched lights besides, have made us feel more keenly than ever the inadequacy of the present system of lighting. The causes of this discomfort are very simple. The nights have been warmer than usual and to avoid bad ventilation a few windows have been opened. The drafts which followed blew directly on to the burners causing them to smoke incessantly, while the unhealthy fumes had to be breathed by all. There is no prospect that this nuisance will abate, on the contrary it will occur with greater frequency...
...because the Union is a failure, for it is not. but because in a University of this size there is ample room for two; because two will raise the standard of debating higher than ever, and because a second will be the most practical way for us to avoid the defects of the first...
...game between '93 and '94, scheduled for Wednesday, will be postponed till Thursday to avoid conflicting with the Chicago A. C. game. '93 will play a short game this afternoon with the Manual Training school. G. Perry and K. Fairbanks, of the Law School, will probably officiate as umpire and referee of the class games...
When the central authorities at Constantinople have to be urged for months to give their consent to the expedition, when the journey inland has to be picked with care to avoid hostile Arab tribes, and when the Arabs in and about the excavation camp are eager for the hordes of gold which the expedition is supposed to possess, the man who has such an expedition on his shoulders has to possess a good deal of resolution. Dr. Peters modestly gave an example of his tact by telling how he worked upon the superstitions of the natives by an abundant display...
...would revive the evils of the old system. (a) Insufficient and unequal securities. - (1) An account of diversity of laws in the states. (2) As evidenced by the present defective banking laws of many states; Knox, Finance Report, 1875, p. 202. (b) The people cannot be trusted to avoid wild-cat schemes, as shown by (1) The free coinage craze. (2) Endowment orders. (c) Repeal would tend to drive coin from circulation: Royall, Andrew Jackson and U. S. Bank, 55-57, 64; McKinley in Boston Herald, Oct. 5, 1892. (d) cost of discount and exchange. (1) Notes would be redeemable...