Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...line of reasoning and authoritative knowledge, one can easily understand the suspense with which the judges's decision was awaited. Yale's victory seems to be due to the spirit and earnestness of her speakers, and also to their thorough preparation to meet any line of argument at any point, with a concise and exact refutation...
...Lehmann gave the word to start from the launch. Both crews got away quickly, although Goodrich's men had a slight advantage. This lead they increased to a full length at the bridge. At this point, Blake was rowing about 35 strokes to the minute while Higginson had his stroke run up to 39 from the start. Both crews were rowing pluckily and in fairly good form. About a quarter of a mile below the bridge, Plumb called on Higginson for a spurt. The latter responded prettily. He was answered by Blake who also ran up the stroke a couple...
Harvard in her rebuttals merely reiterated what she had said in her set speeches. Jump, Yale's speaker scored a strong point for Yale. Harvard contended that the Uaited States needs a coaling station in the Pacific; that in the event of a foregin war the United States would have to have such a station in order to sweep the Pacific of her enemies' ships. Yale answered this statement by saying that the annexation of Hawaii would only extend the boundary of the United States 2000 miles further westward, and would necessitate doubling the number of ships in our navy...
Yale' s strong attack on Harvard 's argument was her denial that the possession of the Hawaiian Islands would strengthen this country from a strategic point, but that the possession of the islands would weaken her and cause her a vest item of expense in defending them...
...seek, simply, to establish the point that, in view of all the facts, you have, not consciously perhaps, but without sufficient consideration, passed a certainly gratuitous, if not actually an unfriendly criticism upon a foreman worthy of your steel...