Word: standing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...signal for starting will be given thus : A short whistle from the referee's boat will stand for the usual "Are you ready?" and if no reply is received a long whistle will be given three seconds later as the signal to start...
...that the paper skin is varnished over its waterproofing, it presents a perfectly smooth surface to the water, unbroken by seam or joint. Nor does it warp or shrink in the sun as much as the wooden one. The paper canoe is also more durable, will last longer and stand harder knocks, because a shock which will only bend or at most cut a hole in it, will completely shatter a wooden...
...Cambridge, if at all. Last year it was Harvard's right to have the game played here. Our eleven, or our nine have not "been afraid manifestly to leave the friendly shelter of their walls, even to play on neutral ground." We urged '87 to make a stand against what was an evident injustice. If there is any cowardice, it is certainly not on Harvard's part, and we would ask the News to reflect whether urging their freshman nine to play in New Haven or not at all, is showing that "decent spirit of fairness towards equalizing the odds...
However, it does seem as though those men in college who are total abstainers should be willing, yes, anxious to stand by their colors, and increase by their names the popularity of that principle which they believe they are themselves profiting...
...question of the tariff is of most interest at present to college men and will have much more influence with them than the personal qualifications of the candidates or the past record of parties. This being the case, the tariff legislation in Congress this spring and the stand taken by the different party conventions will do much to decide the votes of Harvard men. This being the case, we should advise the Union in its canvass, not only to note the favorite candidates, but also the stand taken by each man on the all important questions of protection and free...