Word: sought
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...prize essay. The only limitation is that every subject must be approved by the Committee on Prizes in Political Science, of which Professor Hart is chairman, before March 1. It is, however, understood that the committee will approve any subject which falls within the peculiar conditions of the prize sought, and does not cover the ground of previous monographs on the same subject...
Whatever else we have, there certainly ought to be non-partisanship in city affairs. There is no reason why local voting should be influenced by the national elections or why Democrats and Republicans should not sit side by side in the legislature, for offices are not sought here for private services, but should be filled by the most competent...
...first thing needed in civil service reform is a general change of sentiment; more people must become interested in it and it must be more generally sought after by the general mass of the population. It is to promote this feeling that we have met here tonight...
...when it secured new and more commodious quarters, and to a large degree, this was the cause of the growth in popularity it has experienced. At the last meeting the question of compulsory chapel was debated, and its abolition at Yale was favored. Membership in the Union is largely sought for, and it has been extended to the two upper classes in Sheff. Preparations for the debate with Princeton are now being made, and the preliminary selection debates will begin...
...original reading; so that the University may have no part in perpetuating the garbled forms which occur in many collections. In some instances stanzas have been omitted from necessity, and in others stanzas have been transposed for convenience; but in all instances the author's language has been scrupulously sought for and retained. A few hymns which seem to be historically and inevitably composite, are so noted, and their sources are explained in the index of authors. In the musical settings similar pains have been taken to secure accurate and authorized readings as appears in the index of composers...