Word: existence
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...tide from the Charles River Basin twice daily would injure certain channels of the harbor, but in opposition to this contention several of the most eminent engineers of the state have expressed the opinion that the tidal scour theory has no application to the conditions which exist in those channels of Boston Harbor over which the tidal prism of the Charles river Basin moves...
...that in almost all questions of the day the other man has nearly as good a right to his opinion as he has to his. Recognition of this facts means broad-mindedness and fairness in discussion. Just here is where intercollegiate debating may prove something of a nuisance. It exists for the purpose of winning something, and therefore the undergraduate--not the coaches--wonders whether he may not contrive "trick plays" in his argument, whether he, too, cannot snap the ball back with double passes, and in his course work he comes to you with a brief in which...
...gases, it was found that hydrogen, nitrogen and rarefied air gave substantially the same spectrum under the same conditions and as a result of the powerful electrical discharges the aqueous vapor was released from the walls of the spectrum tubes. From this investigation it was concluded that oxygen does exist in the atmosphere of the sun. It was also found by a similar study of aqueous vapor in the X-ray phenomenon that, probably by varying the conditions of the strength of the electrical discharges and the condition of the vapor, X ray photographs can be secured of tendons...
...number of the Advocate which is issued this morning deserves especial commendation, except in the editorial department. The first editorial complains of a state of affairs and a spirit that has long ago ceased to exist. The second is pointless. But the rest of the articles reach a plane high enough to bring the number above the ordinary run of Advocates, in spite of this editorial weakness...
...class are acquainted with over one hundred and fifty of these. Let any Senior take the list of voters and count up the men he knows even by sight and he will be surprised at the smallness of his total. This is a state of things which should not exist and which we can easily remedy. If all the Seniors wore caps and gowns we would at least know each other by sight, and we would bow when we passed. A bow is a little thing but it means a good deal. Then we would make it a point...