Word: bottome
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...noticeable fact that two of the colleges who got left near the bottom of the heap in baseball last spring are in high hopes of winning the championship this year. [Yale News...
...strong point was a mile and a half spurt. Nevertheless, this crew, with their professional trainer and his methods, was beaten by Columbia. She, in her turn, was disastrously defeated in a race covering her pet distance on the Thames by Harvard. This places the university at about the bottom of the list in college boating...
...essays must be written upon letter paper, of the quarto size, with a margin of not less than one inch at the top and bottom, and on each side. The sheets on which the essays are written must be securely stitched together...
...Canadian bicyclist was recently coasting down a steep hill when his brake gave way. Arriving at the bottom of the hill he came to a bridge through which he had to pass, but when he saw a team of horses coming toward him he endeavored to avoid a collision. The result was that he was thrown a distance of 20 or 30 feet, where he was suspended by his clothing catching on to a pin of the bridge...
...whole affair is due to the careless construction of the platform. The upper platform was supported by pillars running from the platform below which in turn rested on a transverse beam. This beam rested on the top of a strong pile, which was driven into the soft, muddy bottom of the river. In the first place the pile upon which the whole structure rested was never driven in until it struck a solid foundation, but was merely inserted in holes dug in the mud for the purpose. Upon this pile rested a transverse beam, from which the pillars reached...