Word: pushing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Potomac with about 90,000 men, and General Butler was in the southern part of Virginia with a smaller force. The supreme command of the federal forces and movements was in the hands of Gen. Grant. The plan devised was for Grant, with the army of the Potomac to push Lee backward and hold his attention while Butler should slip in and capture Richmond. There were several defects which the lecturer enumerated clearly. During the winter of 1863-64 Lee had remained encamped opposite the army of the Potomac near the Rapidan River...
...TUG-OF-WAR.After the middleweight sparring was concluded, the crowd began to elbow and push itself forward, and the same scene of confusion that was seen a year ago was again witnessed. There was a good deal of excitement over this event. The freshman had great confidence in their team, and although the sophomore team had been greatly changed during the last few days owing to the absence of its anchor, nevertheless the sophomores felt a good deal of confidence that their team would be the winning one. The teams were as follows...
...only thing that was in their favor was that they had trained a couple of weeks, while the old oarsmen went into the race relying on their previous knowledge. This was, of course, a considerable advantage to the freshmen. Nevertheless, Columbia, '87, has been notable so far for the push and energy which they have displayed, and our crew on their side should leave nothing undone to enable them to repeat the victory won by '86 a year...
...before. The nine are doing all in their power at present to place themselves in the field in good condition for the intercollegiate matches, and it only remains for the faculty to place them on an equality with other college nines regarding outside matches, in order that they may push themselves to the front as the champions...
...Faulty repairs: putting the diagonal support in such a way that any pressure on it tended to push the pile out from under the stringers. This could have been remedied by fastening the support rigidly to the pile by bolts or straps of iron, or by fastening the pile directly to the summer...