Word: risks
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...rooms to the porters before leaving Cambridge, and must remove their furniture before September 18, when the new tenants are entitled to possession. Any furniture remaining after the dates given for removal in the rooms of the tenants above specified will be removed and stored at the owner's risk and expense...
...this spirit of persistent refusal to compromise or even to run the risk of having her stand refuted in a perfectly fair and square arbitration, which gives to Yale's feeble protestations that she regrets so very much that Harvard will obstinately refuse to come to terms, a strong flavor of insincerity. Add to this her refusal to arrange a deciding game with Brown and we see another glimmer of that same fearful spirit which for two years has characterized her baseball managements. It is a poor and unsportsmanlike feeling which will prompt one to shun an even battle...
...offers the only opportunity for regular practice for the class teams, and yet there is but one diamond which even borders on respectability. Even this needs rolling and levelling. To judge a grounder with the field in its present condition is merely a matter of chance and the risk of injury to the infielders is by on means a slight one. For the rest of this month and well on into May Nortons will be in constant use by the class nines In justice to them the 'varsity management should see that there are enough diamonds to meet the needs...
...Fishing Through the Ice" by E. W. Sandys. He makes some very sensible remarks on the folly of using cheap guns. They may wear well enough for a time and if you are fortunate you may get one that will shoot well, but you must always run the risk of getting one with a flaw in it, and at the same time take the chances that it will explode...
...Taussig of Harvard, Hadley of Yale, Seligman of Columbia, and President Andrews of Brown, all men with wide reputations for fair-mindedness and sound judgment. The decision will change the character of the debates materially. Last year neither side felt sure of its ground, and both were unwilling to risk a decision. The debates, while conspicuously successful, were more like oratorical contests in which each man spoke largely for himself. Henceforth all this will be changed. The two universities, having tested each other's strength, are now ready for the real contests, and the debate of the 18th, will almost...