Word: direction
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Municipal suffrage for women is for the best interests of the family.- (a) The woman is directly responsible for the rearing of her children and the making of them honest men and women.- (b) In the functions of municipal government are involved the most vital interests of the family.- (1) Education in public schools.- (2) Sanitary conditions.- (x) Water supply. (y) Clean streets.- (z) More wholesome tenements.- (3) Parks and play-grounds. (4) The reduction to a minimum of the municipal evils involved in-(x) Saloons,- (y) brothels,- (z) gambling houses.- (c) The direct voice of woman is necessary...
...proved conclusively by recent events; for, although the demand for paper inflation has died out, only a few days ago a free coinage bill passed the United States Senate. So we see that the proposition of our opponents, while it would not remove the danger of inflation, it would direct the inflation movement into a channel a thousand times more dangerous to all the business interests of the country...
Ever since his freshman year Youngman has worked for the 'varsity debates, and he has well earned his final success. His speaking is forcible and direct...
...Annual campaigns needlessly disturb business.- (2) The quietest state campaign costs at least $100,000: Biennial Elections, H. C. Lodge, p. 20.- (c) It results in crude laws: Biennial Elections, ex-Gov. Talbot, P. 4.- (1) One year is not time enough to give an understanding sufficient to direct legislation.- (2) Elections are so frequent that they are a constant influence upon legislative action...
With the prospect of a quadrangular freshman race, the freshman crew has a definite aim towards which to direct its efforts. The material for a good crew is this year unusually good, and gives promise of a close and exciting contest on the twenty-sixth of June. The freshmen have had good coaching so far, and are making rapid improvement by hard and earnest work. If the class gives their crew hearty and enthusiastic support from this time on there is no reason in the world why an excellent prospect should not make the final victory a certainty. We shall...