Word: favored
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...good condition, although Grew, perhaps, was trained down too fine. The first round began with very lively sparring, Marquand forcing the fight. He worked a great deal for Greew body while the latter confined his blows to Marquand's head. The round ended in Marquand's favor. In the second round Marquand forced the fight at first, but toward the end fought as the defensive and Grew did the forcing. Grew worked for Marquand's head entirely, and got in some god blows. The round ended in his favor. Marquand again forced the fighting in the third round...
...hits were appreciated by an enthusiastic audience. Samuel Winslow, captain of the '85 nine, was present, as were Stearns, '82; Thayer, '85; Gage, '86 and Smith, '86-and Moore of the Scientific School.- The aim of the participants is to create a feeling among Worcester men in favor of Harvard, and it is expected that a Harvard Club will soon be started there. This banquet was the first of a series of annual dinners to be held by the Harvard men of Worcester...
...protection strengthens the "trusts" which have closed factories and thrown the workmen out of employment. One of the greatest dangers of our times is the growing tendency of the laborers to look to the State for aid, as they see no reason why laws should not be made to favor them as the tariff does the manufacturer, and this must be checked if we wish to preserve our country from socialism...
Last Monday the Boston aldermen gave the West End Street Railway Company a hearing concerning the cable system that they propose to introduce in Boston and vicinity. Many strong arguments were presented in favor of the system, and but little opposition encountered. The various advantages of the cable over the electric and elevated systems were shown. The cable system can be operated at all seasons of the year, while the electric will not work in winter; the elevated system, by darkening the streets and stores in addition to making it disagreeable for second story dwellers, decreased the value of real...
...Canada a source of prosperity to the mother country; now the dominion has become a heavy burden. Annexation did not mean war by any means, for England would not feel sorry to part with the drain upon her resources. The practical business men in Canada were all in favor of annexation; the sentimentalists alone opposed it. The resources of Canada are great, but as yet undeveloped; the amalgamation of its population and that of United States easy; their feelings, languages and religions similar, and the fertility of Canadian soil in raising grain ought to prove its value. For the negative...