Word: verdict
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...personal character and career in after life - their respective relations as women, wives and queens, with their influence on the age in which they lived. The essayist concluded by a short summing up of the chief features in the careers and characters of the two queens compared, and the verdict of the student as to the life of each...
...race until Saturday, when the freshmen opened their eyes somewhat. Whether or not the latter can keep their spurt up for two miles, remains to be seen. Disinterested parties expect a close and interesting race, and have yet no unanimous opinion as to the winner, although the general verdict is that '83 will not be far from the front, while '86 will by no means bring up the rear...
...There is a gallery at one end of the hall for carious strangers to survey the wondrous plan; but we got so hungry with watching these youngsters that we did not remain long. Possibly the stealthy creep of prejudice over our judgments may have been the cause of our verdict; but we certainly arrived at the conclusion that our English boys at "Trinity" and "Jesus," in the fenlands of the old country, would, at least in physical appearance, lose nothing alongside those of Harvard College. We did not at Harvard look out for "Jesus" giants, nor even for some...
...think they rather pity Yale," is the verdict of a young lady upon the usual Harvard spirit. - [Yale...
James F. Molloy of Edgefield, S. C., has obtained a verdict of $20,000 against the New York Herald for libel...