Word: fight
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...people should not be too much one of them; he should have high standards of truth and honor of his own which would enable him to lead the people rather than follow them. An excellent example of the influence of the college-bred man was exhibited in the Jerome fight in New York; when college men bore the brunt of the long and gruelling campaign against the Tammany thugs...
...discloses him in the stocks where he finds Justice Overdo and Waspe, who has been sent there for fighting. The stupid watchmen get into a fight with a harmless madman, and the distinguished culprits escape. This act is further enlivened by a fight between two gallants, Quarlous and Winwife, for the hand of Grace Wellborn...
...from actual politics; nor are Democrats supposed to vote for Republicans in an actual election. The mere fact that a great majority or Republicans put Bryan fourth argues very forcibly his strength. It is evidently to the advantage of the Republican nominee to have the weakest possible candidate to fight against. The vote Friday on third and fourth places, if it showed anything, showed that Johnson would be an easier candidate to defeat than Bryan. J. E. CATES...
Speaking on "The Responsibilities of School Committees," Mr. Storrow said that the School Committee should fight for the interests of the school-children rather than for those of the individual. For the benefit of the children, and for the purpose of saving the city's money, the School Committee has established promotional tests, which new teachers must pass before an advancement...
...last of the plays, "La Gifle," is a short and witty face, with repaid action and amusing lines. Blanch-Misseron, a deputy of the Chamber, desires to fight a duel, in order to silence the mockers who have ridiculed his passive attitude toward his adversaries. He therefore picks a quarrel with an army officer, Jules Chamberiot, who has come to the office of the ministry to file a claim for a cross of the Leghorn of Honor, but who lacks the necessary deputy's, endorsement for his petition. Blanche-Misserone agrees to endorse the solder's petition, and Chamber...