Word: due
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Newell Juniors have a tendency to clip and they do not row well together. They are especially slow at the catch and weak on the finish. The Weld Juniors are very erratic, their work varying greatly from day to day, and their rowing being at best unsteady. This is due to the fact that they do not come up on their stretchers properly and that their blade work is poor. The Newell Sophomores are generally unsteady and have a poor catch and a weak finish, while the Weld Sophomores lack leg-drive and do not pull the stroke through...
...first day's play in the fifth annual cable chess match between Oxford and Cambridge, and Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia resulted slightly in favor of the English universities. This was due to the resignation of Sawin (Y.) to Davidson (O.) The other five games were left unfinished in an almost even condition...
...line with a changed idea of man. Of late years it has come to be believed that the will, the ambition and the emotions should be considered co-ordinate with the reason as guides to man's actions. This idea brings with it the feeling that a conviction due to perfectly worked out thought is not the only thing that makes men act, and the conception that truth is not merely the guide of the reason, but the totality of the force which makes men act along-right lines...
...sending them overland to his imaginary castle in the east, while he and Quicksilver hasten out of the country by sea. For the success of the voyage the adventurers are provided with money gained by the sale of Girtred's land to Security and the collection of debts due Touchstone by his customers. With several companions Quicksilver and Sir Flash set out for Virginia. But the schemers are shipwrecked and washed ashore only to be arrested and brought before Golding who is now married to Mildred and become alderman's deputy. Mrs. Touchstone and Girtred who have now returned from...
...would not allow their lands to be taken away without struggles. If the seizure is allowed in this case, it will establish a precedent which will allow seizures in all cases where there has been an award. In this way the European powers will acquire more territory than is due, and therefore we must look to the future as did President Monroe in the past. To protect the republics from oppression we must act in the old way. Once let in, the European governments will stay and grow stronger...