Word: equalized
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...because they have once more as stroke Mr. L. R. West of Christ Church, who occupied the same position in Oxford's victories of 1880 and '81. The light-blue has a heavy and powerful crew, of whom much is expected, though thus far their stroke is considered hardly equal to that of their competitors. The race is admitted, however, to be a doubtful one, and, with good weather, it will doubtless be attended by an enormous crowd of spectators, since it comes off in the afternoon, whereas, in some former years, the sight-seers have been compelled...
...addition to these facts, President Barnard of Columbia College says in his annual report, that no one can have failed to remark the growing interest in this subject in New York city during the past year. He thinks that Columbia College must soon admit women as students on an equal footing with men; that where, as in Michigan University, this has been done, the results have been very reassuring and gratifying...
...being exceedingly careful to give them an exalted idea of the amount of knowledge required for admission and of the extent of work accomplished by the freshman class. A consultation of a few minutes followed, and to my surprise I was informed that the Harvard examination for admission was equal to a French baccalaureat, and forthwith I was furnished with the necessary cards entitling me to the privileges of the Sorbonne Conferences. Upon the whole, I felt perfectly contented with Paris and her institutions after this piece of good fortune. Such is a brief account of my matriculation...
...calculated that the equal shares left to Harvard, Yale, Williams and Amherst by the will of the late Henry T. Morgan of New York will each amount to between...
...prices rise and fall, the amount of duties remains the same, so that the per cent is continually varying; they are used to conceal the real weight of the duty from those who are unacquainted with the values of the dutiable articles. The ad valorem duties are theoretically more equal and just, but yet the tendency of all countries is to drop them. The faults found are: The difficulty of correct judgment by custom officers; the danger of fraud in concealing the true value; the competition of different ports in order to obtain more trade by appraising he goods lower...