Word: controlling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...crew has had little or no outside coaching, Capt. Parker having had almost entire control over...
...seventh inning Allen and Nichols changed places. Allen did not have good control of the ball, as he gave three men bases on balls. But still Harvard failed to score and the innings closed with three men on bases. Harvard did not score in the eighth or ninth...
...opinion as to Harvard's probable chances upon it. A new coxswain goes in the Yale boat this year. Thompson, a little freshman weighing less than 100 pounds, will take the seat in which the tiny Cadwell urged the eight on to victory. Cadwell was a man whose self-control added greatly to the strength of the Yale crew, and I am sure that the new man has equally as good nerve. - New York Post...
...capital. It is perfectly safe to say the harm outweighed the good. Attempts in France to fund railroads degenerated into very much of the same scramble as a River and Harbor bill in this country. In the thickly populated parts of Italy, railroads were organized and built under government-control. In the poorer districts of the north, private corporations were allowed the right to build and control them. The government roads were a success, - a fact not to be accounted for by the government. The simple explanation is that the private roads encountered no expense not warranted by prospects...
This is expense under private control. How is it under state control? In Germany surface superstructure is better, and also more expensive. In Australia surface equipment is worse...