Word: move
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been fully open before, there are yet several important phases of the question deserving attention which have come into prominence since the Yale-Princeton game, and which have not, therefore, received anything like careful attention. If is, of course, foreign to the purpose of the dinner that any definite move whatsoever should be made-that is at once undesirable and out of the question; but the hope is entertained that there may be a thoroughly free expression of opinion on any phase of the athletic question. In this way, and in this way only, can we prepare for the developments...
...Association was doubtless influenced in this step by the desire, first, to return the courtesy which has been extended to Harvard athletes by other college associations; and, secondly, to make the meeting of more general interest. The remarkable success of Saturday's meeting proves that the plan is a move in the right direction. There was an unusual interest and enthusiasm in all the events in which the representatives of other colleges were entered. And certainly this interest and enthusiasm was justified, for so hotly contested were these events that in several instances the contestants broke their own records...
...formed and got into good running order before the spring recess, and if interest enough were shown rooms might be obtained and fitted up, so that when the men return from the recess they might at once avail themselves of the benefits of the club. I sincerely hope some move will be made in this matter, for as I have before said, I see no reason why it should not be eminently successful...
...from the Chess and Whist Club visited the Boston Chess Club last evening and made a creditable showing against Mr. Prentiss Cummings, one of the strongest Boston players. The men sat down at two rows of tables, and Mr. Cummings walked up and down in the middle, making his moves against one player after another, with almost no hesitation. R. D. Brown was the first to resign, having made an unfortunate slip in the middle of his game. L. W. Chamberlin was the next victim, and was soon followed by O. Everett. Meanwhile F. W. Nicolls was making a plucky...
...Paris, who were not at all inured to the hardships of war, and who were armed with a gun just introduced and with the action of which they were entirely unacquainted. The troops around Paris were exposed to great hardships, from both hunger and cold, and in moving from one place to another were forced, on account of the number of men and the narrowness of the roads, to stand waiting almost for hours before being able to move forward. This proved even more fatiguing than constant marching...