Word: directness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...after the expiration of the specified time, the referee may award the bout to the contestant having shown the best qualities, or who evidently has acted mostly upon the offensive; or the referee may, after allowing three minutes rest, order a supplementary bout of such duration as he may direct, not exceeding, however, six minutes...
...least partially filled. It is possible that tickets of one price may be exhausted while those of other prices are still left. To make provision for both of these possibilities and, at the same time, to consult the wishes of applicants as far as possible, the committee direct that the applicant shall select out of a list of all the orders those which he would be willing to accept as substitutes. The committee will then know, in case the first choice cannot be given, what may be substituted...
Question: "Resolved, That United States Senators should be elected by the direct vote of the people of the respective States...
Question: "Resolved, That United States Senators should be elected by the direct vote of the people of the respective States...
...Harvard Union to cooperate with it." This statement is misleading to say the least. The first three debates between Harvard and Yale were held between the Harvard and Yale Unions. The Wendell Phillips Club was at that time not in existence. The New Harvard Union is the direct descendant of the Harvard Union, and the men who formed it preferred to stay in the society rather than form a new society and thus lose the prestige in managing the Yale debates...