Word: effective
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...should be at least consistent in its procedure. Why does it not name the gentleman who misbehaved in the wrestling? Why does it say nothing about the gentlemen in the first meeting whose eactics were precisely the same as those of the gentleman alluded to, although without the same effect? Why does it not admit that there was another gentleman in the light-weight who also "slugged" to the full extent of his powers, and also possessed but very little science? The facts of the case are that the gentleman so severely criticised was pressed by Mr. Clark against...
...intense cold of last week cracked the Dartmouth Chapel bell, but strange to say, it did not seem to effect...
Whereas, a communication has been received by each member of this board to the effect that the academic faculty will hereafter communicate certain votes to the members of this board...
...some particulars the expenditures will undoubtedly exceed our estimates, but in others we hope to effect a further reduction...
...Dougherty closed by saying that the great days of oratory are over. Oratory fell when the printing press rose. The press appeals to thousands, the orator to a few hundreds only. At present the orator's speech is delivered for subsequent publication, not for its immediate effect upon the hearers...