Word: strictly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...fable of the hare and the tortoise tells us how the latter by "strict attention to business" defeated one whom the world had come to look upon as her superior...
...tedious interval between breakfast and the foot-race was passed by the crowd around the hotel doors in a languid discussion of "rain or no rain," and in making a few bets, just to spite the goddess of strict morality, who was said to rule the day and forbid pool-selling...
...batting of Tyng, Sleeper, and Kip, the latter making a home run, were noticeable features of the game. On the part of the Browns, the principal good plays were made by Matheson, Comstock, and Allen. The thanks of both Nines are due to Mr. Stratton for his strict and impartial umpiring...
...Western mixed colleges are said to have, like boarding-schools, very strict rules with regard to the conduct of their students. The existence of these rules proves that they are needed. We know that boys and girls find ways of circumventing their teachers; does any one suppose that young men and women do not? To us it seems that, if women come to Harvard, the true policy of the College will be teaching, pure and simple, without any laws to control the students outside the class-room. Then it will be expedient that the dormitory system shall be entirely abolished...
...Jarvis, the eye of some proctor is upon him. If any dare to transfer the ball from one hand to another, even if they roll it about in one hand, one acute interpreter of the college laws asserts that they are playing ball. Of course such a strict interpretation, and such a certainty of punishment in case of disobedience, awes every would-be offender. Neither a bat nor ball is seen inside of the yard. It is expected that soon no one will be allowed to toss a book about while walking through the yard, under penalty of suspension. Besides...