Word: statements
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There is no truth in the statement that Harvard will challenge Princeton to a series of games, but if Princeton challenges Harvard, Harvard will very probably accept...
...proper in a book of such moderate size, is to state all laws and arguments clearly and with justice to each side without intimation of the author's private opinion. For in stance, in the chapter on Free Trade, the principles are enumerated, after which follows a simple statement of the arguments brought up by the Protectionists in favor of the present tariff system in favor of the present tariff system in the United States. This is followed in turn by as clear and concise a statement of what the Free Traders have to say on their side. The student...
...Thomas W. Ferry, formerly president of the United States senate says: "I take pleasure in recommending it as a systematic, concise, and complete manual, covering in brief and clear statement the present state of Parliamentary Law as modified by authoritative practice. As a book of ready and reliable reference it is entitled to great respect...
...championship of American colleges in boating' lapsed with the death of the National Rowing Association of American colleges in 1876, and as Cornell won that championship in 1875 and 1876, the title, if it has not died of old age, must still rest with her oarsmen. In making this statement we have not forgotten that an alleged intercollegiate rowing association held regattas in 1883 and 1884, received its death blow in an unseemly squabble on Lake Quinsigamond in 1885, and died of inanition during the summer of 1886. It would hardly be fair to dignify these minor contests by crediting...
...Cornell Sun is authority for the statement that Nellie Bly wore a D. K. E. pin during her race around the world against time...