Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...medal was first awarded in 1850 and has been awarded every year since with six exceptions. It was awarded in '84 and not again until '88, and not since then until this week. This tends to show that the medal is a difficult prize to capture and is therefore considered a great honor. The subject of Boltwood's essay was "Robert Herrick...
...subject for discussion at the meeting of the Deutscher Verin next Monday is, "Shall the attainment of citizenship by immigrants be made more difficult...
...best oarsmen were pretty well known though several of them had not begun training; at present all the men who may be expected to row are at work, but there is very great doubt as to the men who are likely to row in the race. It would be difficult to pick out with any assurance even twelve men who have the best chances for seats. This evenness and general rawness of the material is a disadvantage in the fact that changes will probably be necessary pretty late in the season, though otherwise it is a healthful state of things...
...basis at the retail prices of the regular trade a conservative estimate makes the saving to the college by the co-operative system about $10,000. How much more it saves indirectly, by making the extortion system of the old time trust system of Cambridge tradesmen impossible, it is difficult...
...Eton. Here a very small, light ball is used; this makes the play very lively and requires accurate kicking from the backs. It is hard to get a goal at Eton, because the goal posts are near together, and the cross bar is so low that it is difficult to kick the ball under it. When, however, what we should call a touch-down is made, the ball is brought out in front of the goal posts and there is a scrimmage. This increases the chances for a goal...