Word: nearer
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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After Brewer had brought the ball five yards nearer the goalline it was awarded to West Point on account of Harvard's off-side play. King punted to Wrightington, who ran 10 yards before he was downed by Reinsinger...
...next half the ball was in '97's territory most of the time but '99 could get no nearer than the 15 yard line...
...quite likely to be diamonds in the rough. Saturday evening is a good time to drop into the Social Room, where smoking is allowed, and where a spirit of ready friendliness prevails. The union is located in the old city hall, 744 Massachusetts Ave., Cambrdgeport, a little nearer to the college than Central Sq., and almost opposite the new city hall. This building is now practically owned by the union, though a slight legal technicality regarding the title has not yet been settled. Nearly $8,500 has been raised of the $10,000 desired for the purchase...
...offered the Democratic nomination for Congress in his district in 1884, but he declined it; but at the close of his term in the Senate in '86 he was the Democratic candidate for governor, and he came nearer an election than any other Democratic candidate for years. He declined a renomination for governor in '87, but the next year he became a candidate for Congress from the third district and was elected. He was reelected...
...character of the Senate would be improved. - (a) The nearer a government agency is to its real source of power, the greater is its efficiency: Cong. Rec. Dec. 1, '91, p. 78. - (b) Senators would not be dependant on political machines: Public Opinion, XII, No. 20. - (c) Incapable men would not be chosen. - (1) Corporations could not elect their men: Public Opinion as above. - (2) The Senate would not be a field for party manipulation; e.g., Hill, May, Foraker: The Nation...