Word: began
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...manner of presenting their arguments, but the Princeton men were equally strong in the arguments themselves. The Harvard men were uniformly superior in delivery, language and all the points of form, and their arguments fitted well together and developed more smoothly than those of the Princeton speakers. Bruce began rebuttal work in his first speech, the second on the Harvard side, whereas the first two Princeton speeches were entirely set and made no attempt to meet the affirmative's arguments. The Harvard stand was that the conditions justified interference, that England had the right to interfere and that her methods...
...battle was won a blockade of the city was made, and as the insurgents soon surrounded it on the land, the Spaniards were effectually hemmed in. Later, when it was seen that a long stay would be made, a thousand natives were hired at the arsenal, and work began with great energy. The natives, who are a turbulent set of half breeds, of some education, but totally unfitted to govern themselves, had, through association with the Spanish, become lazy and shiftless. A few months of American rule, however, cured them of this. When the insurgents rebelled the natives all quit...
Manila Bay is a fine harbor, its only fault being that the entrance is too wide to protect vessels from the typhoons. To remedy this the Spanish government began the construction of a break water, but through mismanagement of funds little had been accomplished. The climate is by no means so bad as is imagined. fifteen or twenty years of American rule should make Manila the greatest city of the East...
Stillman kicked off for Harvard, and on the next play Craighead punted outside at the middle of the field. Baldwin began a rushing game, and varying end runs with an occasional plunge at centre, carried the ball rapidly down the field. Hersey ran twenty yards to the 10-yard line and then Yale made a short stand for two downs, but Hersey finally scored. Stillman missed this goal and five others, all of them easy...
...finally secured the ball on Harvard's 40-yard line on a forward pass by Sawin to Kendall. Yale could not gain by rushing, and then the ball was passed back 20 yards to McBride in order to keep possession of it, and obtain first down. Again Yale began to rush the ball and this time with better success. Fresh halfbacks gained through the line at will, until Harvard took a brace, and forced McBride to again pass back 20 yards in order to hold the ball...