Word: net
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...sugar tax is not necessary. - (a) Favorable prospect for Treasury: Nation, Oct. 11, Nov. 8, 1894. - (1) Net cash balance of $45,000,000. - (2) Gold holdings, $61,000,000. - (b) If revenues fall short, the deficiency can be made up better by replacing the higher taxes on malt liquors and tobacco: Boston Herald, Aug. 24, 1894; Senate Bulletin No. 62, part...
Chase played the steadiest game of the four. His lobbing and net play were especially good...
Yesterday afternoon there was a strong wind blowing the length of the Carey Court and it was much too cold for tennis, yet the finals in the doubles were begun at 2.30. Pier and Wrenn won the first set easily by good, sharp net play, 6 - 2. The wind prevented any accurate lobbing...
...first set the play was very close, and the placing sharp and accurate. Both men wished to play at the net, but both were cautious about running up. The game went to the server each time till the end of the set. The second set was still harder than the first, both men playing with great care, Read perhaps a little more steadily than Wrenn...
...Read, by careful, steady play, won easily. He expected to keep his lead without difficulty, and so allowed Wrenn to get the next set 6-1 before he could recover himself. Both men were tired in the last set and played with extreme care, neither running up to the net much. Wrenn got the first two games and Read the third. From that point the score went to 3-2 in Wrenn's favor and then to 5-2. Here Read made a splendid brace and twice kept Wrenn from winning the decisive point of the match. With the score...