Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...adoption of these two amendments, viz., biennial elections, will be harmful. A. Biennial elections will weaken local self-government. (1) Will lessen the power of the people. (a) They can rebuke representatives only half as often. (2) Politicians will look upon Massachusetts politics solely from the the point of view of national party supremacy. (Speech of E. E. Hale, Oct. 23, 1896). (a) State elections are thus made subordinate to national. (x) Elections will be on national issues. (y) Offices will be filled with reference to national politics: Examples, Governor Powers, notorious for his acquirement of State lands...
Yale 16, West Point...
From this point on to the end of the game the ball was kept most of the time in '98's territory, mainly because of the fine punting of Hallowell. When time was called '97 had the ball on '98's 12 yard line...
...avenue the parade will march up one side and down the other so that every man in the parade may see the rest of the column. Thence the way will be to Arlington, to Beacon and past the house of Senator Lodge who will review the parade. From this point the men will march to Somerset, to Court, to Washington, to Eliot and to Park square where the parade will disband. There will be an illumination all along the route...
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 28.- The football eleven of the University of Pennsylvania today defeated Brown by the score of 16 to 0. For Pennsylvania Morrice did some of the best playing, while the best work for Brown was done by Colby, captain of the team. At one point in the game Morrice went through the entire Brown team for a 45-yard run and a touchdown...