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Word: clearing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...situation at the opening of the ninth was interesting. It was a clear case of six of one and half-a-dozen of the other. Harvard attempted to score and failed, though Foster made a hit. The efforts of the Beacons were more successful, and a wild throw, followed by two hits brought in the winning runs with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Base-Ball. | 6/22/1887 | See Source »

Though the club was supposed to have started clear this year, it owed, in reality, seven hundred and thirty five dollars and seventy-five cents ($735.75). To offset this debt, there was a balance of one hundred and sixty dollars and three cents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Subscriptions to the 'Varsity Crew. | 6/16/1887 | See Source »

What does Yale now think about Williams? Has she a clear title to the championship of the Intercollegiate League...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 6/11/1887 | See Source »

...divided according to time; the first event of the day being first mentioned and the last one last, an arrangement that makes the narration very vivid - if the reader happened to have been present at the celebration reinforcing his memory, and if not, allowing him to form a very clear idea of what the celebration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Commemoration Book. | 6/6/1887 | See Source »

...their post on the outskirts of bookdom and opening a volume, but confine their admiration to the outsides of gaudy editions; these will be glad to know that the book is handsome to the view, while the reader will be pleased to find the binding solid and the type clear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Commemoration Book. | 6/6/1887 | See Source »

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