Word: protestations
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...abused (and would that be freedom which could not be abused and abdicated?)-if we believe this, not only do we save our conscience by showing a rational ground for our consciousness of guilt; but we save our dignity as well, by showing that the soul's protest...
...clause for the appointment and election of members was reached, three or four schemes were proposed; one of minority representation, a very complex one, providing for delegates from the societies, athletic bodies, and newspapers, and the one which was finally adopted. The '88 delegates here made an ineffectual protest against the small number of delegates allowed them, but their hopes were ruthlessly crushed, and their motion lost, by a vote...
...would say, for the benefit of our correspondent yesterday, who felt compelled to protest against a statement made in our recent article on "Athletics at Athens," that reliance cannot always be placed on the athletic records of Herodotus. We are unable, at present, to deny the accuracy of the particular record, but, being unable to find it credited in the "Clipper Almanac," we are not disposed to insist upon its acceptance...
...former steward would still be in office, and the price of board would be in the neighborhood of $4.50. The directors fortunately had the absolute power of dismissal by a two-thirds vote. By this power a change was effected, contrary to the advice of the president, and under protest from several members of the faculty...
...Cambridge tradesmen. As long as this annoyance was limited to our hereditary extortioners, we were content to pass over the transgression in silence. When, however, our esteemed contemporary, the Lampoon, is subjected to a loss by the mania for decorative signs and shingles, it is incumbent upon us to protest against the extension of this line of business. In a communication to the CRIMSON, the editors of the Lampoon have stated their grievance. They are robbed of a considerable sum of money by the diminished sale of papers, which results from a removal of the drawings, posted for advertisement...