Word: sum
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Alfred C. Harrison of Philadelphia has given the University of Pennsylvania $100,000. Half of this sum is to be used for a specific purpose...
...court must give. It is still a promise against a reality, and so long as it is possible for diplomatists to dodge the meaning of treaties, and so long as they can gain by doing so, such a treaty system must remain obviously inferior to a permanent court. To sum it all up in a word, the way to be sure of a court is to have it, and the only way to have it is to provide it in advance...
...crew is greatly in need of money and will be unable to race unless a considerable sum is subscribed before Monday...
...coal, water and sundries amount to $100 more. Both these items would be less than half the present amount were it not for the class crews. Extra work about the buildings, the use of the 'Varsity pair oars and singles, and other items, increase the extra expense to a sum which the charges made do not cover. In the fourth place the class crews are not always in financial distress. The Ninety-six Crew is well managed and has always been free from debt, as the others might be if they were equally well handled. Finally, it would seriously embarrass...
Lastly, if the 'Varsity crew requires so large a sum as $5000 for its support, we are unable to see why they cannot afford to pay $400 of that amount for the combined expenses of the class crews...