Word: suspicion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...there is no suspicion as to the identity of the thief, if indeed the act was committed by one person. The strength of the bar of iron which was wrenched apart makes it a matter of doubt whether one person could readily have done it unassisted...
...nation formed for conquest or colonization. The condition of nations in Europe and the east, with their great standing armies, eating up the people's earnings, creating mutual suspicion, is enough to make angels weep. That with all our civilization, arts, culture and religion, the people of this 19th century have not reached the highest point in mutual confidence is a marvel. Much has been done in the last half century. Much remains to be done...
...Stewart in Cong. Record, XXV, App. 158-159 - (d) Silver and gold together a non-fluctuating standard: McCulloch, p. 21. - (e) Silver will eventually become standard money metal of the world. - (1) Exhaustion of gold mines. - (2) Increased use of gold in the arts: Suess, 100-101. - (f) Present suspicion of silver unjustifiable. - (1) Silver has not depreciated, but gold has appreciated: International Monetary Conference of 1892, p. 54; British Monetary Commission of 1887-88. - (2) No danger of a flood of silver: Suess, 51; Forum XV, 67 (Mar. 1893); Pol. Sci. Q. VIII...
...rowing with about 16 inches of slide and have shortened the very long body reach which was used on the water last fall. The stroke is quick and there is not a suspicion of any hang at the full reach. On the whole the time of the crew is remarkable, the only break at all perceptible being between No. 5 and No. 6. This together with a raggedness in the length of slide taken by different men, owing probably to a change in the order without a corresponding change in the rigging, causes the crew at times...
...Major Higginson will bring it home to all that there have lately been evidences of carelessness in this respect. Enthusiatic loyalty must be had in all contests; the question is whether Harvard is not able to solve the problem of being enthusiastic for her own team without giving any suspicion of being discourteous to opposing teams...