Word: getting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...examination has showed that no bones were broken and that injury to the lungs did not occur, the shock to the nervous system from the hard blow in the solar plexus was very great. No official statement has been given out as to whether Fish will be able to get into the game tomorrow; if he does the chances are that he will not be able to play through, and that the effectiveness of his playing will be lessened by the injury...
...held yesterday afternoon in the Stadium the University team was given only light work. There was no scrimmage, but the second team lined up against the first for a short "dummy" scrimmage, in which Yale plays were used by the second eleven. Captain Fish and Hooper did not get into the signal work, for it was thought best to give both of them another day's rest. The usual preliminary work in catching and kicking punts was followed by signal drill, the regulars and substitutes forming separate teams. In the "dummy" work, the first team was kept almost entirely...
...scale set by the English aristocracy, and in a few years ran into debt beyond recovery. The tenant supplied all the capital while the landlord merely held the position of rent-taker and did nothing in return. Because of this system there arose an insane competition to get land. The tenant offered more than he could pay and in a few years was bankrupt and evicted. In this way the price of the land increased out of all proportion to its value, and all produce except the potato went to the payment of the rent. Thus the potato was made...
...open only to members of the Union. Mr. O'Connor is one of the Irish members of the House of Commons and is therefore a powerful factor in the coming parliamentary election. In his fight for home rule for Ireland great expense must be incurred, and it is to get funds to carry on this election that he has come to America...
...rowing should be very successful, as there are 144 men on the river every day, comprising sixteen eights as opposed to the twelve crews in the bumping races last year. A plan has been formulated by which men not in any dormitory or street which makes up crews may get together and form outsiders' crews, as there is plenty of room for more men. So far Claverly, Randolph, Mr. Auburn St., and Thayer have shown the most promise...