Word: lose
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...exceptionally strong, including as it does some of the best and foremost instructors and thinkers in the country. We are inclined to agree with others in beliving that, as other colleges grow up in various parts of the country and increase in influence with the public, we must, perhaps, lose or at least weaken to a certain extent our hold upon the West. But that day, we trust, is far distant and at present we are still growing in every direction. The Graduate School especially, with the advantages it offers in the large number of fellowships and scholarships...
...further stated in the circular of announcement that, "The Committee of Ten desire to be advised by the Conferences concerning the best possible - almost the ideal - treatment of each subject used in secondary school course; yet s they would not have the Conferences lose sight of the actual condition of American schools, or push their recommendations far beyond what might reasonably be considered attainable in a moderate number of years...
...might, and just as he caught the ball he was hurled to the ground with irresistable force. It was evident that the Yale men had decided that the chances of disabling him or forcing him to drop the ball were worth the 5 yards which they were sure to lose by this play...
...girl, it is absolutely impossible - but that makes it none the less entertaining. Hargraves, it must be admitted, are not everyday occurences at Harvard; we may do the same things but certainly on a smaller scale - for it would be more than slightly annoying to some of us to lose five hundred or so on the game. But it is a good story - notwithstanding...
...includes not only the very poor, but the very rich, and the latter class is the more dangerous because it excites the laboring class to revolt. Either wealth must show that it is of some great use to the commonwealth, or, showing no reason for its existence, it must lose that existence...