Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...large crowd saw the Princeton-Yale freshman game on Wednesday. Yale '99 won principally from superior team work, but the game was very close, especially in the first part of the second half. The report of the Princeton game shows a profit of $15,000 for each Association. Speculation in tickets was effectually checked on the part of Yale men, but a worse evil appeared with some counterfeit tickets from New York. At one time it was feared that over a thousand had been victimized, but less than a hundred tickets were presented. The series of five baseball games with...
...could derive no profit from a more aggressive policy.-(a) It will not increase our trade.-(b) We do not need further acquisition of territory.-(c) It would involve more taxation by increasing the expenses of the navy.-(d) We ought not to extend Anglo Sax on civilization beyond our borders until we have perfected it among ourselves...
...Profit...
...study of the Fine Arts is of the greatest value and profit to every college man, no matter what his prospects may be. Viewed simply as a personal pleasure, a knowledge of the Fine Arts affords a most attractive resource, and a relaxation from professional and business routine...
...Great Britain profit more by an alliance with China or Japan...