Word: roughness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...practice before the Pennsylvania game, the University basketball team defeated the second team yesterday by a score of 20 to 18. Almost the entire practice was discouraging, and only for brief periods did the men show the team work which was so marked earlier in the week. Fumbling and rough playing were also frequent on both sides. Tomorrow the practice will be held for the first and second teams only in order that the men may receive individual coaching and practice in signals. The second team will play the Nashua High School at Nashua next Saturday afternoon...
...last practice before the Christmas recess, the University team was yesterday defeated by the second team by a score of 12 to 6. The work of both teams was hard, but rough, showing no signs of team-play. Three of the regular University players were not in the line-up, owing to injuries...
...best skating today in the vicinity of Cambridge, is on the Arlington Reservoir. The condition of the ice at some other places is as follows: Charles Rive at Riverside, good; Spy Pond at Arlington, fair: Hammond's at Chestnut Hill, rough: Charles River near Dedham poor: Scarboro, in Franklin Far very, rough...
...thousand years' growth. While the Roman law is older, still it shows no such uninterrupted continuity, no such persistent individuality. Our system is founded on principles, which were evident in early English justice and which, though changed and developed, have, in general character, remained constant. Early justice was rough, and the county-court, perhaps, a disorderly public-meeting; yet in its publicity lay the root of our present system. Our courts, in contrast to the inquisitorial tribunals of the Romans, have followed a rule of neutrality; they know only what is brought before them, they are impartial. Ever since...
...concrete will be given the finish known as "rough picked," which gives it a rough appearance common to granite. The mouldings, however, will be given a smooth finish and wooden covers will be placed upon the seats...