Word: behinds
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first duty of Hooker, its new commander, to reorganize it. This he did most effectively, and when he was ready to move forward he had about 130,000 men of all arms. This force lay along the banks of the Rappahannock, opposite Fredricksburg. On the bluffs behind this city, Lee was encamped in a natural stronghold with about 60,000 men flushed with victory...
...prizes given at the intercollegiate athletic games, since their institution in 1876, Columbia has won 62; Harvard is second, with 47; Princeton a close third, with 45 prizes, being just one first and one second behind Harvard. The University of Pennsylvania is forth, with 27, and Yale a bad fifth, with only 11 prizes to her credit. The remaining 41 prizes, mostly second, are distributed between ten colleges...
...ought, perhaps, to confess that in some respects we are behind the age, and have not followed the example set by several of the leading clubs of this city. We have not amused the public by giving them an account of the squabbles between our steward and the chairman of the House committee, nor enlivened our elections by issuing forged tickets and anonymous attacks on members, now given rise to false reports of duels by the brutal use of woman's names. [Cheers.] But then we are young, and perhaps before we reach the stage when such things are possible...
...longer an active member of the faculty. The genial "autocrat" cannot stand entirely aloof from his first love, and almost every month he pays a visit to the doctor mill on the Back Bay. Some of the younger professors think that Dr. Holmes is pretty far behind the times-"an old fogy, you know" but the boys have no thought for them when the old doctor comes in sight, trying to steal unseen through some open space. Applause and shouting bring the doctor to a stop. The bright, strong face lights up with a happy smile, the white head bows...
...treating its members as intelligent and responsible beings, instead of arbitrarily enforcing a ruthless discipline and harshly refusing a petition which may be unreasonable, but which is couched in unexceptionably respectful terms." The Times man is always amusing, if somewhat off the point. Besides, his sarcasm is a little behind...