Word: system
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...debate will be held in Perkins Hall, 264 Boylston street, Boston, on the evening of November 18 at 8 p. m. Subject: "Resolved, That American communities should adopt a permanent system of furnishing work for their own unemployed...
Debate for Thursday, Nov. 18, '97."Resolved, That a responsible cabinet system of government would be better for the United States than our present system...
Affirmative.Best general references: On present defects-Bryce, Am. Comm., I, XV, XVI, XXV; Wilson, Congressional Government, (see index), Committee, Cabinet, and pp. 294-333; Wilson, Overland Monthly, III, (January, 1884); Contemporary Review, XLVIII, (December, 1885), p. 864; Exposition of Cabinet system, Bagehot, English Constitution, Chaps...
...regular first eleven, and, with one or two exceptions, that first choice of men has been maintained throughout the season. There was plenty of experienced material to start on, and by playing practically the same eleven men together the whole season, it is reasonable to suppose that the new system has eradicated individual play and taught the team to get together. The consistency of the policy seems to be well founded, especially in its developmental process, and, as far as the men are concerned, Harvard never had a lot of men who were physically in better condition than the present...
Question: "Resolved, That national ownership and operation of the railroads in the United States would be preferable to the present system, provided the change can be made constitutionally...