Word: steps
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...third term at the present time.- (a) This would be contrary to established custom. (1) Jefferson refused a third term (North American Review, March, 1880).- (2) Jackson declined a third term.- (b) There is no reason at the present time for departing from our usual policy.- (1) Such a step would be contrary to public opinion-(w) as it existed at the time of the framing of the Constitution (North American Review, March, 1880).- (x) As it existed in 1875 (North American Review, vol. 130, p. 116), (y) as it existed in the time of Grant's struggle...
...France, England and Germany architecture closely followed the Italian model. Step by step in France the stony fortresses gave place to the chateaux. But Frenchmen, refusing to accept Italian ideas in their entirety, adapted them to their own use. The grand houses of the time of the Valois are full of suggestion, and many of them form the models of houses of today. With the age of Louis XIV. grace and caprice in building take the place of gravity and severity...
...Clark '96, B. A. A., won the hop, step and jump...
...first step in building a battle ship is to lay the keel, from keel blocks put down by drawing. The framing is next attached and a double bottom put on. Then the protected deck is added, and the plating put on which completes the preparation for launching. This is done by means of a cradle, and after reaching the water the vessel is docked to receive her equipment of engines, guns, propellors and rudder...
...faculty of Williams College has accepted the constitution for an honor system in the college examinations as amended by the student body last Tuesday. Williams is the second of the New England colleges to take this step. Wesleyan has had this system in successful operation since the college year...