Word: blocking
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...fourth boat was over a length behind the third. The time made was excellent, the course of nearly one and seven-eighths miles being covered in 9 minutes, 12 seconds. The record for the course is 9 minutes, 19 seconds; but as the crews on Saturday started a block nearer the finish than the full course requires, the time cannot be taken for a new record. All three crews rowed a good race; in fact there was very little difference in form between the second and third boats, but the second had greater power and endurance, and was able...
...capital and labor. The organization of capital, which is a normal and logical development of our times, should welcome reasonable laws which place wholesome restraints upon its activities, so that through competition or otherwise it will not be induced or forced to overstep the safeguards of industrial rights and block the highways of opportunity for the humblest citizen of the land. There can be no liberty without opportunity, and to the extent that opportunity is abridged, whether by the state or by cor- porate power, it is denial of liberty. It is oppression, and it is no less oppression when...
...left side and passed it quickly to Rumsey, who scored from in front of the goal. Pell later made a hard shot, which was stopped, and then, after a little open play, Heron secured the puck on the side near Harvard's goal. An attempt was made to block his shot, but the puck struck Washburn, who lost his balance, and the final goal was scored. The game at the end was very fast, but Yale held her advantage throughout, and prevented Harvard from scoring...
...given the Charlestown parish in 1637, but remained pastor of the church a little less than a year, for he died on the 14th of September, 1638. The church in which he preached stood on the west side of what is now City square, a little less than a block from the young minister's home...
...average of over sixty employees, and that it disburses for wages, taxes, printing, expressage, water, light, heat, and supplies, an average of about $1,000 per week. In the delivery service four teams are kept constantly employed and during the busy seasons these facilities are increased. Owning the business block which it occupies, the Co-operative pays to the City of Cambridge taxes upon an assessment of $60,000, in addition to which it pays to Cambridge citizens, for services and supplies of all kinds a sum not far from $50,000 per year...