Word: protection
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...time has come when something must be done about the books which have been taken from the Harvard Union. Some twenty-five volumes have already disappeared from the shelves, apparently never to return. If these thefts continue the Library Committee, being under obligations to protect the property in its charge, will be forced to insure itself against further outrages of the sort by steps that will be very disagreeable to the members of the Union at large. To keep a close watch on every man in the Library and to enforce the leaving of coats, bags, etc., outside would probably...
...number of cases of nasal colds, the various forms of sore throat, coughs, less frequently catarrhal disturbances of the intestinal tract, and occasionally more serious illness. This is probably largely due to the fact that comparatively few students wear rubbers or overshoes, and that it is impossible without such protection to walk in several inches of snow and keep the feet dry. Wet feet are probably more prolific of the above diseases than exposure to cold in other ways. "Waterproof" shoes may protect from the rain, but no shoe that I have ever seen will for any length of time...
...land on Holmes Field is better adapted for a rink than that nearer the river, as the water will not drain off so quickly, and the surrounding buildings protect the field from exposure...
...cannot meet our obligations to Porto Rico in any other way. We must enact duties which shall secure prosperity to the islanders. Our own customs laws will not accomplish this. They were devised to protect a manufacturing country that presents an almost complete contrast to Porto Rico, a purely agricultural island. In the parts of our country where the economic conditions approach those of Porto Rico, in the southern plantation states, the opposition to our tariff has been increasing for seventy-five years...
...first game on Soldiers Field, the diamond will be laid out near the Cage, in order to protect the turf on the University diamond from being trampled before the grass has had a chance to grow...