Word: lay
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...athletic committee of the Harvard faculty, attempts a defence of the present crusade against "professionalism." The term "professional," the writer admits, has had a vague and unsatisfactory definition in this discussion. Starting out therefore with an easy dismissal of the commonly accepted definition of the term, he proceeds to lay down what he considers its proper meaning. We do not see what good reason what we may call the crusade party in this discussion have for clinging with such desperate fondness to a mere watchword such as this. Word-jugglery is often effective on party contests, but we cannot...
...enemy. He accordingly moved north with the mountains between the enemy and the army of the Potomac. Balked in his plans he resigned and Meade was made the commander. Seeing Meade somewhat in his rear Lee moved back a little, and on June 30th, 1863, the armies lay almost opposite each other, each a few miles from Gettysburg which was between them...
...McCosh advised the disaffected Princeton students to lay their grievances before four lawyers. He says the faculty can prove the falsity of the charge and asks the students not to injure their college by making their wrongs public...
...demoralization incident to the abortive attempts under Burnside to overpower Lee. It was the first duty of Hooker, its new commander, to reorganize it. This he did most effectively, and when he was ready to move forward he had about 130,000 men of all arms. This force lay along the banks of the Rappahannock, opposite Fredricksburg. On the bluffs behind this city, Lee was encamped in a natural stronghold with about 60,000 men flushed with victory...
...petition which we print in our supplement represents fairly, we think, the vies taken of the recent athletic regulations by the majority of our undergraduates. It has, however, seemed best to lay the matter before the entire student body, for final action; and for this purpose a mass meeting of the students has been called by the authors of the petition for next Monday evening. There is, of course, no need to point out the importance of a full attendance at this meeting. If the petition is to have any weight at all, it will be because it voices...