Word: nearest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...blood-curdling stories will receive applause unless they be of marching tramps five miles to the nearest settlement...
...prize except in the consolation race, being so heavily handicapped as to render it almost an impossibility for him to beat the other contestants. Myers was entered for a 440 yards' run, handicap, and he was the only man who toed the scratch, the competitor that stood nearest to him having a start of 25 yards, and the one furthest from him having a start of 60 yards. There were 11 entries, and when the signal go was given Myers started like a deer, rapidly passing one runner after another. Had the race been a few yards longer he would...
...besides satisfying the needs of the military department, will be supplied with all the appliances necessary to a gymnasium. An addition has also been made to the rooms of the botanical department, together with a conservatory for plants and flowers, which it is said will be when completed the nearest perfect of any similar structure in this country...
...boat was so full of water that something had to be done to relieve the heavy strain. Perceiving, with the true instinct of heroes, the imminent danger to the boat and their companions, Messrs. Keith and Bunney, Horatius-like, leapt into the foaming flood and swam to the nearest land, which proved to be the Charles river embankment, some 50 feet distant. The remainder of the crew pulled the boat to the Union Club float, but there was no one there to assist them in landing, while the heavy sea running threatened to dash them against the float. Another chance...
Rowdyism among the Princeton students has recently taken on a reprehensible shape. A short time ago, in addition to cutting up other criminal pranks, those promising candidates for collegiate honors greased the rails of the nearest railroad, causing much annoyance to the authorities. The next thing we expect to hear of the young men is that they have taken to train wrecking for sport. Ordinary methods of amusement are becoming too tame, it seems, at Princeton...