Word: suit
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Interpretation to Suit Needs...
...decorum of its members. Particularly at the dinner hour has this been the case. Men take liberties that would not be countenanced in any other sort of a public dining hall. At the slightest provocation some jovial spirit clinks his glass, the majority, nothing loth, follows suit and a bedlam is the result. With this increase of noise there has been far too much thoughtless, although withal goodnatured, throwing of food about the hall. In this respect our reputation as a College of gentlemen has often times been questioned by visitors witnessing such proceedings. A striking example of this took...
...following have entered the annual championship tournament and may arrange matches to suit themselves: W. B. Harris '13, B. M. Preble '12, D. B. Priest uL., S. Seiniger '15, S. B. Slack 1G., and B. Winkelman...
...newly imported musical entertainment. The operetta which Messrs. Werba and Luescher produced, with much expenditure for scenery and costumes, and all too little for talent, is one of those highly seasoned delicacies of Viennese manufacture which have been twisted and pulled by the managers in New York to suit what is believed to be the tast of the king of the "Gay White Way," i.e. the man who buys the tickets. Whether it will suit or not is a question which the future will decide...
Justice Swayze then showed instances of the constant conflict between the State and federal governments caused by the difference in interpretations of the Eleventh and Fourteenth Amendments. The Eleventh Amendment states that "the Judicial Power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens or Subjects of any foreign State." Difficulty is encountered in Railroad cases. If a railroad is an Inter-state carrier, each state through which it runs claims the right to tax its property in that state...