Word: similar
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...this latest gift $1,000,000 goes to the university unconditionally. To the remaining $2,000,000 the proviso is attached that the trustees are to raise a similar amount or its equivalent between this time and the beginning of the year 1900. This additional money is to be exclusive of any that may be pledged at this time. The trustees say they have not the least fear of being unable to raise the full amount and assert that the entire $3,000,000 is already as good as theirs...
...somewhat similar to that made in the Princeton game by Suter was made in yesterday's practice by Duff. He got the ball within a few yards of the goal line and got a good start before any one saw him. Hamlen got after him quickly and after missing him once tackled Duff before he got to the centre of the field...
Among consonant sounds we find similar variations. The English sounds of ch and g, as found in church and gentle, although they do not exist in modern French, are found in the French of the eleventh century. There are fewer silent consonants, too, in the older tongure. Final d in modern French is pronounced like t when followed by a word beginning with a vowel. In old French the spelling was made to conform with the pronunciation...
...student shall play on any university team who has already played four years upon a similar college team...
...beginning of the college year a letter from the secretary of the Yale Whist Club was received challenging the Harvard Whist Club to a team match similar to the one between the two clubs last year. The challenge was accepted. The match will be played in March between teams of six men each. It will be governed by the rules for teams of six men, originated last year by the Harvard Whist Club which proved so successful...