Word: governed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...publish in our columns this morning the official rules adopted by the meeting at Springfield to govern the Harvard-Yale race. These rules provide that the race between the two universities shall be a fixed annual event, thus doing away with the necessity of annual challenges. It is also wisely provided that these rules be in force until repealed by the consent of both boat clubs. If any new point of dispute arises, the decision of it is to be left to the referee...
...branch in Cambridgeport. A freight-car bore a poster on which the figures '86 appeared in large characters as a heading, while below followed a pronunciamento beginning, "All men are created free and equal - except freshmen," and then giving a set of rules to govern the conduct of such, with decisive intimations as to what they must and must not do. On inquiry of the freight hands it was learned that the car came from Syracuse, N. Y., where there exists, we believe, an institution called Syracuse University...
Gladstone has been discussing the Irish and Egyptian questions. He says he does not know why the latter should govern themselves...
...lists. This match will be followed by a contest between the twelves of the New York University and the Bloomfield Lacrosse Club. The third match will be between the New York Club twelve - the present holders of the cup - and the Princeton College twelve. The National Association rules govern the games, and each match will be decided by the best three out of five goals, the time limit being one hour. If neither side scores three goals in that time the most goals scored within the hour will decide the match...
...duty of the crew to stay till the race was rowed or forfeited to them. (2.) The race was unavoidably delayed by the death of the Columbia coxswain, but it was postponed by mutual consent to another day, subject to the same minor conditions which were to govern the first-named day. (3.) One of these conditions was that the race should be rowed upon a fair ebb tide, and this condition Harvard refused to act up to. (4.) But granting for the sake of argument that this condition was waived by Columbia, and that Columbia acted in an unjustifiable...