Word: spent
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...large grasp of facts in the study of the social problems of the hour is the ambition of all earnest men. A short hour spent in listening to the facts presented by Mr. Hadley, will give more vivid and full information than much reading. At Yale last Spring, his address was heard by over five hundred students and was very enthusiastically received...
...They spent last night at the Park Avenue Hotel. This morning the teams will practise on the Berkeley Oval and this afternoon will go to see the game between Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. They will probably return to Cambridge late to night...
Over $9,000 has been spent on the improvements of the Yale field this year...
...interference hold together. The blockers do not keep their men out of the play, for they stop when they have run into a man, and leave the half to run alone. They also dropped the ball several times, and seemed rather green on the signals. The forwards spent altogether too much time and strength in scrapping, and a number of times let the play right through them. The guards played too high and were never down in front of the V. Once or twice Worden got through and spoiled the kick in good style. On a high kick the ends...
...hear a man who has travelled and lived in the Orient, is a rare opportunity in Cambridge; to hear one who has spent two winters there digging for remains of one of the oldest civilizations is rarer still. We may tonight expect from Dr. Peters an account of his heroic and successful struggle against many odds, and of the valuable discoveries which he made in the temple of Bel at Niffer. His success in raising a large sum of money for the expedition, in overcoming diplomatic and other difficulties, and in securing for America a large portion of the clay...