Word: equalize
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...assessment of two dollars will be expended in purchasing five racquets of equal value, to be awarded as 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th prizes...
There are four men in the Yale boat who weigh over one hundred and eighty pounds; there is an equal number in the Harvard crew...
...discusses the proposed reforms. The first step he advocates is "to regulate the system by statute law." He looks to the Australian ballot as the solution of several knotty problems, and instances its success in a recent election in Ward 11 of Boston. It gave publicity to the proceedings, equal power to all voters, more time for voting, and secrecy. The chief difficulty in reforming the caucus is to determine who is entitled to vote; but this trouble already exists under the present system. Mr. Dana considers that "the main provisions requiring an official caucus ballot, secrecy in voting, publishing...
...blame for our failure. If men, who consider themselves good musicians do not attend the trials it is not the club's fault but its misfortune. To the best of our judgment we select the men having the best voices and every man has an equal show...
...medical schools in the United States, the Harvard Medical school is, if not the very best, at least among the best. The clinical advantages of Boston are equal to those of any school in New York or in Philadelphia, and surpass many. Moreover there is a certain spirit amongst Boston physicians which makes them hang together, and this healthy spirit prevails even in the relations between the professors and the students at the Medical school. The work at Medical school is laborious. Three years work is obligatory, and a fourth year is recommended. The students work nine month...