Word: bring
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Thursday evening. It was voted to give the executive committee the power to admit schools to membership for one year. Lynn High and the Mechanic Arts were admitted. The executive committee was given power to arrange dates for games, and a committee was appointed to bring in a report on a constitution and by-laws. The matter of splitting up Worcester High came up for consideration, but this object was defeated by a vote against suspending the rules. Dalzell's school resigned...
...idea was mostly to bring out Langford as stroke, and see what he could do. His exhibition was acceptable, beginning at about thirty-four strokes to the minute and increasing at the last mile to about thirty-seven. The men all stood the work well, and in spite of the usual talk about trouble in the Yale crew, they showed themselves to be a bit better than last year's eight. There was no break visible in the time over the whole four miles, except for a few strokes now and then, and the shell was carried along...
...wealth must be corrected. This tax will deal harshly with the mercenary men of the world, but it is based on the broad principle of "equality of sacrifice for all." Before this time want, not wealth, was being daily burdened. This is the determination of the people to bring about equality of taxation, though not by communistic nor socialistic means...
...wrote "The Birds." The first of these is that the play was intended to be a travesty on the Sicilian expedition. This explanation is not likely because the mood of the Athenians on Sicilian affairs was anything but humorous. The second view is that "The Birds" was written to bring about a great reform; but Aristophanes has given no proof that this was his intention. The third view is that the play is purely a fanciful creation, which is really the case...
Aristophanes's plays sparkle with jests. The humor is often broad and sometimes coarse. Whether Aristophanes wrote merely in fun or for a serious purpose is a mooted question. If he intended to bring about a reform, he made a dismal failure. Great as his talents were, he took no stock in tragedy or philosophy, but chose to exert all his energies in comedy. His efforts were well rewarded, for he still remains the greatest comic poet of all time...