Word: badness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Government ownership of telegraph lines is bad, since (1) Presumption is against centralization of private interests in the hands of the government. (2) All the people would be taxed for the benefit of the comparatively small number that would use the telegraph. (a) Probable inefficiency of government management. (b) Clamor for extension of lines to an unprofitable extent. (3) It creates a vast number of federal offices, resulting in an extension of the "Spoils System." (4) It exposes political secrets to the use of the party in power...
...swell coat of the season, but cannot be obtained in proper style from the cheap shops. Much depends upon the proportions and fitting, for if the waist be only half an inch too long or too short, or the skirt not have the proper flare, the whole effect is bad. The loose overcoats, now so popular, are another illustration. This coat, a first class one, will last in good shape four years, and then look better than a new cheap one. The Ulster is perhaps the best garment to get cheap, as it is only worn nights or stormy days...
...above outfit, with two or three pairs of extra trousers, will fit one out for the winter in good shape, and if selected carefully, will prove truly economical. Being in the business, it would be in bad taste to recommend my own firm. But put yourself in the hands of any one of the five or six first-class city tailors, one in whom you have confidence as to what is proper, artistic, and in good proportions...
...second scored on a fluke as on Monday, otherwise the work of the 'varsity was creditable. The aggressive playing had a little of that fierceness which one expects to see in a winning team. The defense, too, was not bad. Newell played as he used to in his freshman year and did a good part of the tackling for the eleven. Mackie braced considerably and Clarke and Stevenson showed themselves good ground gainers, The flying wedge with Stevenson behind it was again brilliantly successful, at one time making nearly 40 yards...
...above outfit, with two or three pairs of extra trousers, will fit one out for the winter in good shape, and if selected carefully, will prove truly economical. Being in the business, it would be in bad taste to recommend my own firm. But put yourself in the hands of any one of the five or six first-class city tailors, one in whom you have confidence as to what is proper, artistic, and in good proportions...