Word: equal
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...clothes that attracted more attention on Tremont street than he expected, but he had a fair allowance of brains under his hat, and a pair of shears in the hands of a barber and a tailor of my acquaintance was all that was necessary to put him on an equal footing with most of his Boston contemporaries. And I must say that I felt rather proud of Butterfield as we strolled about town, and rather envied him his innocence, freshness and strength. For, in the first place, he had all the pleasures of the table to enjoy in years...
...useful language, and in general it has met with neither the success nor popularity that has attended the French courses, which are, perhaps, the best-conducted courses in modern languages that the curriculum possesses. We hope, however, that the new course will be made attractive, and, what is of equal importance, valuable, which latter can be done only by placing the course in charge of a competent instructor...
...association. Here are several grand opportunities of securing with firmer hold the collegiate championship cup. Let the new athletes think upon it and enter this spring, if only as an experiment. Neither of these events require much practice in comparison with those more in vogue, and they receive an equal reward...
...with equanimity. But what adds to our disappointment is a thought which is apt to suggest itself to us, however unpleasant it may be, that we are not getting fair treatment. If we were sure that every thing was square and above-board, and that we had an equal chance with every other man, we would go our way in peace, simply regretting our bad luck...
...canoe sailing have introduced an entirely new phase of the sport, and removed a vast deal of unnecessary labor. We hear every summer of the pleasant cruises of countless clubs, yet nothing has ever been done here to inaugurate such a movement." Such considerations as these would apply with equal force at Harvard. There are many reasons why there should be a canoe club here; canoeing is emphatically a college sport; more than twenty years ago it flourished at Oxford and Cambridge, and, like many other sports, has since become extended to the world of amateurs everywhere. The Charles river...