Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...action of Greece was a violation of international law, but every revolution is an illegal movement; the occasion was well chosen and public opinion is with them. Greece has not in the past encouraged Cretan rebellions but she fee s that it is no longer time to hesitate. There is no doubt that the Greeks by this action have seriously imperilled the peace of Europe...
Princeton has chosen the negative of the question decided on for the Yale-Princeton debate-"Resolved, That the power of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is detrimental to the public interest." The debate is to be held in New Haven...
After the regular batting and fielding practice, every day two men are chosen as captains who pick two teams which play a three inning game, then two more teams follow...
...acting on the whole was very good, though rather irregular, but considering that the Cercle has lost the services of three of last year's principal characters, Knoblauch, Schurz and Pitts, it was very satisfactory. The play chosen, however, is apt to lag a little in places, though some of the situations are extremely good...
...congratulation, not of recrimination. Let this debate be thought of only as an incentive to future victories. Victories can be won, but only by the disinterested and earnest co-operation of the debating clubs in careful preparation: preparation not only of the speakers when they are chosen, but of all who speak in the debating courses and in the weekly club debates. Constant practice must be regarded as all important. It is not only an indispensable condition to success in the intercollegiate contests, but ought to be considered the main part of the debating activity in which these contests...