Word: preventive
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...have seen a newspaper statement that various professors and students of Harvard have urged through your columns the Harvard graduates and undergraduates to bring such pressure as they could upon Senators and Congressmen in order to prevent their upholding the honor and dignity of the United States by supporting the President and the Secretary of State in their entirely proper attitude on the Venzuelan question. I do not believe that any considerable number either of Senators or Congressmen wonld consent to betray the American cause, the cuase not only of national honor but in reality of international peace, by abandoning...
...Withdrawal would make the gold reserve unnecessary: Carlisle's Speech, in N. Y. Sun, Dec. 3, 1895.- (1) Maintenance of gold reserve has cost us at least $150,000,000 in the last two years.- (d) Whenever government reserve goes down, business interests are thrown into confusion.- (e) Greenbacks prevent banks from keeping gold in the country.- (1) Rates of discount can not be adjusted to demands of international trade.- (f) Greenbacks are always exchangeable for gold.- (1) It is ridiculous to be borrowing gold in order to redeem greenbacks only to re-issue them...
...that accidents often happen in any system and at any place? And that strict accuracy in marking is an utter impossibility? Instructors are not gods, but men; that is, beings susceptible to over-work, weariness, haste. Injustice must occasionally be done by them; a thousand stern supervisors could not prevent that. Hence, even admitting Junior's "several cases" to be valid (I, for one, do not admit it), he has yet to show that they are more than the merely unavoidable ones. Finally, Junior, is in error to anticipate the careful students will at all believe him. An anonymous contribution...
...second half, gained considerable ground for Yale. Orange was not so successful in kicking, and two of Yale's touchdowns were almost directly due to blocked kicks. On the whole, Yale much excelled Orange in the work of her backs, while her line proved sufficiently strong to prevent any great gains through...
...order to prevent tearing up the regular field, the practice of the 'varsity was on the open freshman field yesterday afternoon. The practice was very disappointing. It was hoped the men would take hold with a will after Thursday's game with the B. A. A., but they were slow in all the work...