Word: exert
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...present case, to ensure the success of the first meeting between the two clubs, many of the men are debaters of proven ability. It is to be hoped, however, that such meetings will be repeated in the future for the benefit of less experienced men. They would thus exert a strong influence in spreading the practice of debate and bringing it to the high position in college life which it deserves...
...team of the West Philadelphia Athletic Club this afternoon on the grounds of the Riverton A. A., at Riverton, N. J., and the collegians won by the score of 22 to 0. The Pennsylvania team was the same team that defeated Princeton and, although the men did not exert themselves particularly, the West Philadelphia team was unable to advance the ball at all. Today's game was more a practice game than anything else, in anticipation of Saturday's game with Cornell...
behaved; it is now possible to exert a better influence on them...
...this statement of St. Paul's is true, that we belong to God, a sense of sincerity follows. If we give ourselves to God, God will give us all the protection which He has the power to exert in Heaven and earth. A feeling of responsibility...
...watchfulness has been enlarged and that this will result in better trained students for the universities to deal with. To be sure the whole movement marks at present only a tendency, and yet the naturalness and reasonableness of it is guarantee of the powerful influence which it will exert in the future...