Word: drain
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...avoid the sudden drain upon the funds of the society the members will be paid by hundreds, one hundred being chosen each week...
...best and most perfect astronomical instruments, including a spectroscope having a prismatic field of thirteen feet. More than $600,000 have been spent and only $100,000 remain of the original fund. The expenses for repairs and salaries will be about $50.000 annually, which will be a heavy drain on the resources of the university. A few days ago two moons of Mars, with diameters of only thirty miles, were plainly seen. It is expected that this is merely the first of a long series of important observations and discoveries through the great telescope...
...England while a colony, under the old system of navigation laws. Then only was Canada a source of prosperity to the mother country; now the dominion has become a heavy burden. Annexation did not mean war by any means, for England would not feel sorry to part with the drain upon her resources. The practical business men in Canada were all in favor of annexation; the sentimentalists alone opposed it. The resources of Canada are great, but as yet undeveloped; the amalgamation of its population and that of United States easy; their feelings, languages and religions similar, and the fertility...
...Sound, Coanjok Bay, Chefuncte River and Bogue Phalia, and proposed to turn over to the Modern Language Association the Skagit, Nootsack Stelaquamish. Snokomish and Snoqualmie Rivers. Often the improvement was of use to nobody, as in the case of one river which could be carried by a twelve-inch drain. In another case, the Fox and Winconsin Rivers, the government had spent two and a half millions on improvement of use only to a water-power company. He criticised the system of beginning many improvements and completing almost none, and the interference of Congress with the Secretary...
...whole company. This is considered a great humiliation and amounts to asking everybody's pardon for his behavior. If, however, the "Fuchs" thinks that he has been unjustly called upon for a "Bierjunge," he can appeal to the president. If the latter sees fit he orders the challenger to drain his glass. This performance is loaded with tremendous odium and the men are very careful about challenging a new member without sufficient cause. There is an element of humor and "coziness" combined with a certain amount of rigid discipline in all these ceremonies which is very refreshing, compared with...