Word: toward
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Benefactor without accident, but in trying to return to the yacht, fell into the sea and was carried astern by the tide. He kept afloat for several minutes, and asked that a boat be put down for him. This was not done, but instead the Benefactor was backed up toward him, and he was caught in the propeller, which cut off his head. His body was found ten days later on the beach at Sea Girt...
...standards of our ancestors would help in solving the recurring questions of the time, such as the race problem in the South, and the relation of capital and labor. Moral courage in public life is essential; for, referring to its absence he says: "As one example, take our attitude toward the corrupt use of money in our elections and in our representative bodies. . . . There can be no reverence for law where laws and law makers are bought with money, and I fear we are rapidly destroying the possibility of such reverence in the minds of our countrymen. We ought never...
This is more true of heavy line men than of backs and ends. Whereas in former years the latter have abounded, it is very probable that toward the middle of next season, when injuries begin to tell, the backs will run short. Should such a scarcity exist, it might produce a very serious situation, as the ends and backs material depends upon a very few men, with little or no reserve to draw on. Campbell, Bowditch, Ristine, J. L. Motley, Morse, Clark and MacDonald constitute the end material, but only the first two are of first rate ability. If they...
Chicago took the lead by scoring a run in the first inning. Place got a base on balls, and advanced to third on Reid's bad throw to catch him at first. T. B. Smith then knocked a slow ball toward first base, and Frantz, instead of throwing to the plate, ran back to touch the base, thus allowing Place to score. Harvard's first score was the three runs made in the third inning. Clarkson made a scratch infield single, stole second and went to third on Wendell's hit. Clark hit to right field, bringing...
...current number of the Monthly appeals strongly to the reader at the start. "The Story of John Reilly, Teamster," which is signed "1883" is a vivid sketch based on a tragedy of family life--the mistaken striving of an Irish girl toward a life which was too dazzling for her ignorance to resist, and the savage grief of her disappointed brother. "In the Thirsty Land" by Rowland Thomas takes its color from the South African war, but it is by no means a common place treatment. Simple pathos is interwoven with a powerful description of the mazes of a wounded...