Word: cleared
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...left guard, stopped many plays through the centre of the line and opened up big holes for Johnson to gain through. The latter ran hard and nearly broke loose twice for touchdowns but was downed by the Brown colored halfback, Williams, who overtook him after he had got clear of the rest of the field. Johnson had two opportunities to score drop-kicks but both attempts failed...
...Flagstaff remains, to be not only a monument to his spirit and his zeal, but to be also the lasting and the best means of demonstrating whether he was right or wrong. And in the last analysis, Mr. Lowell himself would have desired nothing more than that the clear Arizona air and the superb instruments which he provided there should find out all that human ingenuity may possibly make know, not only about Mars, but about other planets and the stars. He has lived a useful life, which honors the city of his birth and the University of his education...
...progressive leanings, I have, until recently, been much perplexed. On the other hand, there were plenty of reasons why I should vote for Wilson; on the other hand, there seemed to be no reason whatever why I should vote for Hughes. Only recently have I come to a clear conviction as to where I stand, and I should like to take this opportunity to state briefly my position...
...have written thus far of domestic issues. These, however, have at times been overshadowed by international questions--the Mexican problem, and the problem of our relations with Great Britain and Germany. As to the first, the issue seems clear. On one hand, there are a great number of people who, in the course of the European war, have been gradually working themselves up into a "heroic mood," and who seem to feel that at a time when most of the world is at war, it is somehow unmanly for us not to be doing some fighting. They feel that...
...reason for two magazines and such men have the old days in mind. Others oppose on sentimental grounds. Their influence with the boards is great, for to some extent they subsidize both papers. This last fact is one of the best arguments for the change. With a clear field, one magazine could doubtless stand alone...