Word: opinionative
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...yards away knows nothing at all about a close finish, and the camera knows no more than the man. The writer of this article sat five yards behind the finish line, and thought Sherrill had won, but he has had too much experience to advance such an opinion against the decision of a judge who stood exactly on the line, and had his eye on the tape. - Spirit of the Times...
...Yale News in a recent issue talks about the "unnecessary garrulity" of Harvard's coach at the first freshman game, and urges this in partial extenuation of the treatment '89 received at New Haven. We should like to ask our E. C's. unbiassed opinion on garrulous coaching as exhibited by the Yale nine on Saturday. We only had one coach, and Yale had two; but what is "garrulity" in Cambridge, may be thought necessary coaching in a different climate: how is it neighbor...
...opinion of the Board of Overseers it is advisable to permit a scientific substitute, in accordance with the terms of this report, to be offered by applicants for admission to the college for either Greek of Latin, one of these two languages always being required, and provision being made for elementary instruction in Greek and Latin, as elective in the college course...
...Have an opinion of your own, and express it. If it differs materially from the views taken in the lectures, be able to state the grounds for your dissent...
...college by a crowd of men who collected underneath his window and amused themselves by throwing firecrackers and torpedoes against the panes. Such childishness is not to be tolerated at Harvard; and childishness is a mild term for such ungentlemanly conduct. We are glad to say that student opinion condemns all nonsense of this kind, and we trust that in future celebrations, no amount of excitement will make Harvard students forget the respect due to instructors and their own positions as gentlemen...