Word: means
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Would it not be better to have a place kick at goal, if successful, score 4 instead of 5 points? It certainly does not mean so much as a touchdown and should not rank with a goal from the field...
There is constant and inexcusable fumbling, and a marked inability to recover fumbles of their own or their opponents. There is too much easy-going spirit shown which will mean certain defeat unless eradicated. The team seems to expect some one else to do its brain work for it, and is constantly caught napping on a point of rules. The team has the power to make a creditable showing if it will have some determination to correct its own faults and work together...
...attendant difficulties. There are four great sources of error which are to be avoided in securing statistics. First, observation is not trustworthy; there must be reliable figures and they should cover a considerable space of time. Second, the distinction must be kept in mind between "average" and "arithmetical mean." Third, in dealing with percentages the basic numbers must be carefully considered. Fourth, there is great danger in the use of concomitants; that is, arguing that one thing results from another because it is contemporaneous...
...year by year in the numbers of those who were taken has made larger quarters necessary. Makonikey is a very convenient starting place for surveying practice as the land rises near the shore high enough to give good locations for triangulation stations. With the sea so close by, the mean sea level is easily obtained...
...public playground. The case is an interesting one and unusual in several particulars. It was contended by the petitioner that the commissioners had violated the statute authorizing them to take land for such purposes as public playgrounds. The question was whether the statute should be interpreted to mean that the Park Commission should not take more than $200,000 worth of land in one year, or that they should not expend money at a greater rate than $200,000 a year for land so taken. The respondents claimed that the latter was the true interpretation of the law, and that...