Word: favor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first day's play in the fifth annual cable chess match between Oxford and Cambridge, and Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia resulted slightly in favor of the English universities. This was due to the resignation of Sawin (Y.) to Davidson (O.) The other five games were left unfinished in an almost even condition...
...last issue of the Lampoon contains a number of short jokes, some of which are good, together with several drawings, most of which are very poor. Exception must be made in favor of the picture of "Butler," which is excellently drawn. The centre page is rather amusing and three months ago would have been appropriate...
...lady, while Mildred is contented with her station. Sir Petronel Flash, an adventurous knight without fortune, applies to Touchstone for the hand of Girtred in order to enrich himself by the sale of the land left the young woman by her grandmother. Mrs. Touchstone and Girtred favor the match and the father unwillingly consents to it. Touchstone has two apprentices as dissimilar in character as are his daughters. Quicksilver, the idle prentice, leaves his master to join Sir Flash in his scheme to grow rich on Girtred's land but Golding remains faithfully at the shop. Perceiving the common affection...
...award by said Tribunal in favor of the European government...
...decision of the judges was quickly and unanimously rendered in favor of Harvard. However, the Yale men were strong speakers and presented an effective case. The University team won largely because their case was based on the consideration of the interests of the whole civilized world, while their opponents considered only the interests of the United States. Harvard's contention was that under the conditions presupposed in the question the European power had an unquestionable right to seize territory of the debtor state to the amount of the award. The denial of that right by the United States would...