Word: behind
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...much superior in that respect to our present tariff. The highest duties were laid on luxuries; carriages, for instance, it is curious to notice, bore a duty of thirty per cent., showing how these vehicles were then regarded by the people. The tariff of 1816 had little popular sentiment behind it, but after this time the tariff acts were in great part the result of popular movement...
...Porter, the Columbia athlete, writes in the Spectator : "There was a day when Columbia led all colleges in athletics, but of late she has dropped behind Harvard. Why is this so? Not because Harvard men have any physical superiority, naturally, but because of determined work, and that, too, not by one or two men, but by large numbers. For several years past it has been possible to predict for months in advance that Columbia would not secure the intercollegiate cup. This year the chances are, that unless a new support arises, the college will drop to a still lower place...
Snodkins says that there are twenty Greeks in one of Prof. X.'s electives, hence when they meet there are ten tugs-of-war. Harvard is not behind-hand in one branch of athletics...
...noticed, and at the time when it was discovered no one was in the room. The chair was thrown out the window, so that no further damage resulted except the burning of a small part of the carpet. The smoke from the burning chair, after it was thrown out behind the building, drew a crowd, who supposed that Holyoke was on fire...
...find little but good to say, is the Argo, from Williams. The Athenaeum has indeed a formidable rival, but the greatest good feeling prevails between them. The handsome appearance and clear typography of the Argo alone make it almost a pleasure to read it, but the contents are not behind the press work. We can only hope that continued success may attend Jason and his companions on their long voyage...