Word: harboring
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Last evening, in Boylston Hall, Mr. Jewett delivered a lecture on Beirut, the port of Syria. The harbor of Beirut is shallow and passengers from the different lines of steamers-Russian, Turkish, English, French or Austrian are landed by means of small boats manned by natives which swarm around a newly-arrived steamer. On landing, a customs official confronts you who is easily disposed of; the size of the bribe is proportionate to the dignity of the officer. All Turkish officials have their price. A lack of moral sentiment and respect for their position is a characteristic of the Turkish...
...Yale crews are now rowing on the harbor...
...time approaches when the candidates for the 'Varsity crew will give up gymnasium work and take outdoor exercise, the interest in their movements increases. It is hoped that in less than a month the weather will permit the use of a barge on the river, but at present the harbor is covered with ice. The number of candidates has been reduced to fourteen, but out of this number Yale expects to select a crew that will defeat Harvard in June. Of the men now in training, Stevenson, Wilcox, Carter and Woodruff rowed last season; Cross and Hurd were substitutes...
There is good sleighing on Boston harbor, at City Point, and several horse races have taken place...
...year ago to-day the Yale crew began regular rowing on the harbor at New Haven. Charles river was free from ice the last week in March...