Word: employs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have been a good thing for England if Harold had conquered William in 1066, and so preserved the Saxon power? 3. A comparison of Shakspere's "Antony and Cleopatra" with Dryden's play on the same subject, "All for Love;" 4. The Choice of a Profession; 5. Shall we employ Chinese labor...
...cold vegetables or none? And why is it that if a person orders a steak, or some griddle-cakes, they come up either burnt to a crisp, or not half done? It seems to me that either we should have new cooks, or else those in our employ should have a special superintendent appointed over them to see that they serve things decently. I will not complain of the wretchedly poor cooking of the meat that we have every evening, though it is hardly fit to eat, but I would like to be able to order from the extra bill...
...congressional committee. It is understood that he will ask for himself $50,000; for Agnew and Hamilton $25,000 each; for Reyburn $8,000; and for Dr. Boynton and Mrs. Dr. Edson $1000 each. Dr. Woodward and Surgeon-General Barnes will get nothing, because they were in government employ, but it is said they are to be promoted as a recompense for their services...
...Faculty are discussing the advisability of doing away entirely with required Rhetoric and Themes. If it were at the same time proposed to abandon required work altogether, there would be room for warm approval; otherwise, English is the last thing to be abandoned, especially while Classics and Mathematics employ nearly three-fourths of the Freshman year. It is this and other similar moves that have led many people to suppose that there exists among some members of the Faculty a disregard of all departments but their own, and in particular a hostility to the English Department, which is not creditable...
...scout services" he may charge the tenants not exceeding twenty dollars each a year where two tenants in a room employ him, and not exceeding twenty-five dollars a year where only one tenant in a room employs...