Word: firm
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...above outfit, with two or three pairs of extra trousers, will fit one out for the winter in good shape, and if selected carefully, will prove truly economical. Being in the business, it would be in bad taste to recommend my own firm. But put yourself in the hands of any one of the five or six first-class city tailors, one in whom you have confidence as to what is proper, artistic, and in good proportions...
...eleven, every undergraduate is firm in believing, is the best that Harvard ever put on the field. But whether it is or not, it is the duty of every individual in college to be on hand to give the eleven a rousing send-off, to convince them that they have the whole body of students behind them...
Games will be arranged with most of the New England colleges and with other Yale teams. The success of last year's Law School base ball nine has placed athletics on firm basis in that department of the university...
...means conspicuous. He was a fair student and graduated well. He entered the great Ames' works at North Easton immediately after leaving college. Beginning at the very bottom as an ordinary clerk, he worked his way up quickly and in 1863 he became a member of the firm. He showed great business ability and in 1876 was made treasurer of the corporation, and this position he held till his death. Mr. Ames was always much interested in railroads and at the time of his death he was connected officially with more than forty. He was identified with many charitable instiution...
This action is taken from a firm conviction that the interests of the college demand at once a new dining hall. All other attempts have failed; this is a last effort. Since it leaves the details of the hall entirely to the discretion of the Corporation, it is reasonable to suppose that something definite will be done. The one thing necessary is to convince the Corporation by a strong expression of student sentiment that we are intensely sincere in this matter...