Word: opinionative
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Republican party is a party of a free ballot.- North American Review 1879, p. p., 173, 248 and 282. St. Louis Globe Democrat (in Public Opinion...
...hoped that this meeting will represent what interest the students take in boating, and that no one will be afraid to express his opinion. The captain of the crew wishes either to feel that the university is behind him, so that he may begin with confidence the work of the year, or to know that the college is not with him, that he may immediately resign...
...there is more or less distraction of the minds of the students from their proper pursuits, and for the time being a more or less serious neglect of study. This is an evil inevitable while the present system is maintained, and is of sufficient magnitude to justify, in the opinion of the undersigned, an absolute prohibition of intercollegiate games altogether...
...year more and more felt, the necessity for an extension of its accommodations must necessarily occupy attention. The use of the library is continually increasing, so that it is not an infrequent occurrence to find it impossible to obtain even a seat. There seems to be considerable difference of opinion as to the kind of enlargement to be adopted, but it is greatly to be feared that no plan can be proposed which can provide adequately on the present site for all the various and increasing operations of the institution. By the end of this century, unless relief...
...Cambridge defeated Yorkshire by two runs and four wickets. The score was: Yorkshire, first innings, 172; second innings, 163.- The University, first innings, 164; second innings, I 73 for six wickets. Up to now, Cambridge has done much better work than Oxford, and it is the general opinion that the wearers of the Light Blue will dine next month at Lord...