Word: shorten
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Saturday's game for the Amateur Championship the Victors easily defeated the Bostons by a score of 22 to 10. To shorten the game the Victors gave the Bostons the last two innings. The features of the game were the battery work of Federhen and Raymond, and the hitting of Edwards and Sullivan of the Victors. The score is as follows...
...would favor the suppression of the latter. The very nature of our civilization demands that these armies shall be maintained. They have also a historical justification. The Persians. the Egyptians, and the Greeks all maintained large military establishments. Armies protect commerce, they prevent many wars and shorten others. They are, so to speak, a tax for insurance. Military discipline educates the lower classes, and begets in a man a cordial and enthusiastic love of country...
Stroke. Apt to shorten the stroke. Has rather a weak finish, and pulls his oar out. Hurries out on his slide...
Exploded chestnut No. 3. "Harvard is considering a proposition to shorten the length of the course to three years...
Harvard is now considering a proposition to shorten the length of the course to three years...