Word: underhanded
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Occasionally a man forgets or disregards these conditions, and either secures possession of a volume he wants by underhand means, or takes it away from the Library secretly. Such a man sets himself directly against the general interest and has to be dealt with accordingly. He is deprived of the use of the Library, not because he has broken a certain rule, but because he fails to conform to the liberal principles on which the Library is administered, and shows himself unfit to be trusted in a Library that relies on the loyal support and willing co-operation of those...
...students about to receive the Bachelor of Arts degree from the first centre of learning in America. Not a single manly quality is called forth. No premium is set on courage, strength, or endurance. On the contrary, the most noticeable feature of the whole affair is often some underhand slugging, "pasting" a man, as it is called. The remark is not unfrequently made by men that they are going "to lay for so and so! " What must the spectators think of Harvard students when they see one man "slug" another around the Tree on Class Day? The first thing they...
Arthur Cummings, an old Boston player, who introduced curved pitching, occupied the box for two innings, throwing in the old underhand way. He was followed by Bond, who also pitched two innings...
...result of office selling has lowered the standard of our Congressmen, and made them mean, underhand purchasers of what ought to be the free gift of the people. It has led to an enormous increase in our expenses, and has brought so long a train of evils with it, that it is impossible to enumerate them. The practice of office bartering first made its appearance in the presidency of Jefferson. During General Jackson's time it increased rapidly, since he always went on the principle "to the victors belong the spoils." The system became gradually thoroughly established...
...WARREN ARGUMENT.To understand the origin of railroad abuses, one must appreciate the full extent of competition. Investors cannot withdraw their money, they must make the road a success. Hence competition has become a life and death struggle, and the roads have resorted to underhand means. But the railroads themselves, for their own salvation, introduced a system of pooling which, by giving each road an assurance of just so much traffic, removed the necessity for reductions, and the evils consequent upon these reductions...