Word: equal
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Civic Federation exists for the settlement as far as possible of differences between labor and capital. For this purpose the members, who represent labor, capital, and the general public in nearly equal proportions, are divided into various committees...
...graded crew race yesterday afternoon the Weld crew defeated Newell after a very exciting race. The crews were practically equal until within half a mile from the finish, when Weld, rowing a slightly higher stroke, began to draw ahead, finishing nearly three quarters of a length to the good...
...Haven, Conn., November 13, 1907.--For 25 minutes this afternoon the second team hammered the university line. It was a very severe test for the university defense, but the latter proved equal to it, and the second eleven had very little success. Veeder, playing on the second team, kicked two field goals...
...places to real pathos; at times, however, the writer is not equal to the tragic situation. E. E. Hunt's little poem, "With a Gift of Shakespeare's Sonnets," is decidedly above the average of undergraduate poetry, while A. W. Murdock's "Hymn to Life" is conventional in subject matter and sometimes obscure in language. J. H. Wheelock's "Sea-Poems" contain some good passages, but there is too much self-consciousness in the poems...
...extraordinary number of 39 strokes in the first minute, while Claverly and Matthews rowed about 36 and Mount Auburn Street 35. Rowing such a fast stroke, Randolph rapidly forged ahead and led by half a length at the bridge. Claverly and Matthews, rowing a slower stroke, were on about equal terms, and Mount Auburn Street half a length behind them. After passing the bridge, Claverly and Matthews were pulling 35 strokes to the minute, while Randolph maintained a rate of 36 or 37. About half a mile from the finish Randolph led by a length, with Claverly just over-lapping...