Word: bring
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first attempts to regulate railroad rates were made by the so-called "granger legislation" in the Western States. This term is not very accurate, but it arose from the fact that it was the farmer element that used its influence to bring it about. The lowest rates were taken as a basis for the whole scale of transportation. The example which Illinois set in this matter was followed by other states as Wisconsin in 1884. The result was very disastrous, and foreign capital was no longer willing to invest in the railroads of those sections...
Each candidate for Honors will bring to the first examination five blue books, superscribed with his name and that of his class...
...said in their praise. Their batting is poor and this defect can be overcome only by constant practice. Their fielding has been good and this partially makes up for the lack of strong batsmen on the nine. '90 has a captain of experience and ability who will bring victory out of defeat, if it is a possible thing...
...roaming about Europe gambling and duelling and all the time turning over in his brain scheme after scheme for revolutionizing the financial world by introducing a credit system different from any then known. Finally he persuaded France that what she needed was the confidence of the people, and to bring this into life he proposed his bank which had for its fundamental principles the three following truths: First; - That all materials suitable for coinage may be made into money - Second - That the abundance of money is the condition on which depend labor, husbandry and population. - Third. That paper is more...
GLEE CLUB. - Rehearsal this afternoon at 4.30. Please be prompt. Bring back the music taken from the hall...