Word: unfitting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...case of rain or if the courst are unfit for use, notice will be posted at Leavitt's and the tournament will begin on Wednesday, in which case the times of the matches will appear in the CRIMSON. Balls may be had in the Carey building, but must be returned after using. The result of each match must be left at Leavitt and Peirce's immediately. Matches are best two in three advantage sets, except the finals, which are three in five...
...case of rain or if the courts are unfit for use, notice will be posted at Leavitt's and the tournament will begin on Tuesday, in which case the times of the matches will appear in the CRIMSON. Balls may be had in the Carey building, but must be returned after using. The result of each match must be left at Leavitt and Peirce's immediately. Matches are best two in three advantage sets, except the finals, which are three in five...
...present law is preferable to local option.- (a) Judgment of New York City is not so safe as that of the State.- (1) The population of N. Y. City being 80 per cent. foreign-born or children of foreign-born, is unfit to decide American excise questions: N. Y. Post, 9 Aug., '95.- (2) Saloons control the primaries, and local option would put the city government in the hands of saloon keepers entirely: Independent, 29 Aug., '95.- (b) Local Option is liable to grave abuse.- (1) In Wisconsin the town goes so far as to determine the rate of licenses...
...play there is a bleak, cold humor, which never fails to amuse an audience. Hamlet himself is thoughtful and philosophic. With his friends he is pathetic, with his enemies bitterly humorous, and eloquent. He is an idealist in the strict sense of the word, a dilitante, and utterly unfit for the terrible task imposed upon...
...Farm Colony is objectionable. - (1) But few patronize farm for any length of time or (w) Few to come from "Elevators." - (x)Dislike farm work. - (y) Lack of city allurements: Forum 12, p. 757-8; Riis, p. 133-4, 175. - (z) Stigma of being one of "unfit" and known object of charity. - (2) Objectionable for colonists. - (x)Willing dependent on charity: Contemp. Rev. 62 p. 76. - (y) "Colony bummers;" Forum 12 p. 758: Quar. J. Econ. VI, p. 464. - (z) As a class discriminated against by outside employers on leaving. - (3) Lower wages in neighborhood of colony. - (4) Industrial village...