Word: rising
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...circumstances that gave rise to the treaty have materially changed, rendering its provisions ineffective...
...dynasties. Every dead person had a double, which was subject to hunger, fatigue and mortality. The double was very similar to the manes of the Romans and food and raiment was set aside to appease their wants. One of the first laws was that without divine help man could rise above animal brutishness...
...Harvard is held by young men preparing for college in the different localities of this country than by a comparison of the statistics of the various freshman classes. It has been the custom of the CRIMSON for several years to collect these statistics in order to find out the rise or decline of Harvard influence in the different states, cities and above all, the large preparatory schools of the United States. To begin with, below will be found a list of the number of the men who have entered the class of '91 from the larger states, compared with...
...allowed '88 and '89 fifteen points each, and '90 twenty points. This handicap was two liberal, and proved too great an obstacle, for the '87 team to overcome. The conditions of the match were 4-men teams, each man to shoot at 25 clay birds, 5 angles, 18 yards rise. The freshmen won handily with a lead of 7 birds. They shot extremely well, and bid fair to prove worthy successors to the graduating '87 team. Appended is the score...
...Harvard took the lead in the first round, and maintained it to the end. The shooting by Palmer and Clyde was remarkably good. The conditions of the match were: Team of 6 men each, each man to shoot at 25 pigeons and 5 bats, at 5 angles, 18 yards rise. The score by rounds was as follows...