Word: generality
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard Union held a very spirited debate last evening on the question "Resolved That the general policy outlined in President Cleveland's Message should be adopted by Congress...
...Hudson, L. S., opened for the negative. Both he and his colleague, Mr. Sanford, showed that a slight decrease in the tariff would increase the revenue while free trade would produce a business panic. The general argument of the negative was in favor of a decrease of the tariff. Mr. Russell Duane, '88, supported Mr. Norton very ably, advocating the free introduction of raw materials and told how in the case of wool a protective tariff established in 1867 had reduced the amount produced yearly by one-half...
Subject: "Resolved, That the general policy outlined in President Cleveland's message should be adopted by Congress...
...proper efficiency, both in the hall and in the kitchen, in the preparation and serving of the food. There are eighty different articles on the list which have to be cooked to order, and there are often several hundred extra orders called for in a day. The three general cooks have to prepare all this in addition to their regular work, and to do so, must neglect something which ought to be done. The employees themselves recognize this and in the language of one of the them, 'would consider themselves in a perfect paradise in the kitchen if the extras...
...Another general complaint made by those who board at Memorial is that they get tired of the sameness of the fare and lose their appetites. The same bill of fare appears every week on the same day and one knows beforehand just what to expect. This could be easily changed and such a variation adds to the relish of their meals. By lessening the number of vegetables served each day a greater variety could be offered without increase of expense. The fish is almost uniformly bad and everybody would be willing to give it up on four days...