Word: pass
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...have about 350 species of birds in New England, which may be divided into five classes; first, those that remain with us all the time; second, those that come to us from the south in summer; third, those that come from the north in autumn; fourth, those that pass through in the migrations; and fifth the stragglers. Naturalists have never been able satisfactorily to explain the regular migrations of birds. It does not seem probable that they are influenced by cold as they are so well protected by their thick covering of feathers and fat, and by a very rapid...
Question: "Resolved, That the Springer woolens bill ought to pass...
...sought for. - (b) It would not make the principle involved any more obvious. - (c) It would invite the opposition of every interest depending upon the favors of the present tariff. - (d) Tariff reformers should attempt only what they can reasonably expect to accomplish, and - (e) No extreme measure can pass the Republican Senate...
...specialty the student may take up. The making of these Physics lectures voluntary, then, instead of compulsory in no way detracts from their importance; it merely invites the men to listen for the sake of learning something to their benefit instead of compelling them to attend in order to pass an examination...
...Yale Faculty has adopted the following rule concerning examinations for removing conditions: "Whenever any student is, without excuse, absent from an appointed examination, upon conditions or fails to pass satisfactorily such condition examination, his name shall be reported to the treasurer of the University. A charge of $5 for each absence or failure shall be made in the term bill of the student and the amounts so collected shall be credited to the fund for paying the tuition of needy students...