Word: sole
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Dartmouth opened the scoring in the second inning, when with one man out, O'Brien reached first base on McCarty's error, sole second, and scored on Page's hit to left field. Harvard scored no runs until the eighth inning, when, with two men out, Coburn was hit by a pitched ball and scored Harvard's first run on Dexter's three-base hit to right field. Leonard then scored Dexter on a single, stole second, went to third on a passed ball by McCabe, and scored the final run of the game on another passed ball...
Under the "spoils" system, said Mr. Bonaparte, the Civil Service exists merely as a means of rewarding politicians. Many lucrative offices are in fact created with the sole purpose of remunerating important office-seekers, who seldom consider their usefulness to the government, but merely their own selfish interests. So generally recognized has this system become that the Civil Service was considered in Baltimore a method of charitable employment for paupers and criminals who were unable to obtain work elsewhere...
...Oliver O. Howard, the sole survivor of the few heroes of the Civil War who were honored by name with resolutions of thanks from Congress, will give an address Sunday evening, at 7.30, in the First Church, Congregational, corner or Garden and Mason streets. Gen. Howard held commands in many of the most important battles of the war, including Antietam, Gettysburg, and Chattanooga, and led Sherman's right wing in the march from Atlanta...
...these is certain to be a factor for good in the community, rather than for evil. The same qualifications make the successful officeholder, for he is simply a trustee for the individuals who have elected him. Every man in public life must enter upon his official career with the sole purpose of doing the duties imposed upon him by his constituents...
...candidates for the Freshman Glee Club will be held in Holden Chapel this evening and tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock. A large number of men will be retained and every one with any experience in singing is asked to try for the Club and to bring a sole with piano accompaniment to one of the trials...