Word: destroys
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...many of us, but the time saved by short cuts across the grass is not of enough importance to warrant the justification of the act. Paths have been made through the yard in every direction, and to tramp over the young grass and sod is a deliberate attempt to destroy the general good looks of the yard. For those men who have been seen treading down the new sod, we think that it is more the result of careless negligence than any delight they take in spoiling the grass. We trust a little more care in this respect will...
...question at present of greatest interest to Yale men is whether the new recitation building is to be erected on a site such as to practically destroy the "fence" or no?" The money for the new hall was given by an unknown donor with the express provision that it be situated on the corner by the "fence." Every effort is being made to secure a change in the conditions. A large mass meeting of the students was recently held at which resolutions were unanimously adopted protesting against the proposed plans, and a committee composed of undergraduates from the different classes...
...Whereas, The erection of this building on the site proposed will separate the Fence from the Campus and entirely destroy its true character...
This policy should not be adopted by the present Congress, for-(a) to be effective this reduction would destroy our protective system: The President's Puzzle, N. Am. Review, March; Speech of Senator Frye upon the Message, pam.; Speech of John Sherman, Jan. 4, 1888.- (b) Whether a protective system promotes or retards the welfare of the United States, its sudden abolition would be poor statesmanship...
...true nature of protection is shown by the threat made by every protected industry to smash the whole system if the duties on its products are reduced. Here is no thought of patriotism, or of the condition of the laborer; all is self-interest, which does not hesitate to destroy the prosperity of the whole country. Protection has changed greatly since the days when it professed merely to protect young industries. After a century of protection the duties are higher than ever before, and every attempt to lessen them is defeated by powerful combinations, whose opposition President Cleveland courageously faced...