Word: war
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...should use arbitration in preference to war.- Sherman in Cong. Record, Jan. 31, p. 1461. (a) We have not the navy for a Samoan war.- Boston Transcript, Feb. 1, 1889, p. 4; Samoan Affairs, p. 87; Cong. Record, Feb. 5, 1786, pp. 1595-7; (b) war is more costly than arbitration, is wasteful, inhuman and demoralizing...
There is a strong effort being made at Exeter to abolish the tug-of-war contests in the winter meeting, on account of the dangers of physical injury...
...Boston Athletic Club. Prizes will be offered for all the following events in which there are at least two contestants: Running high jump, standing high jump, running high kick, putting shot (16 lbs.), fence vault, sparring in featherweight (127 lbs.), lightweight (140 lbs.), middle-weight (160 lbs.), tug-of-war (600 lbs.) All competitors must be weighed at 12 o'clock on the day of the meeting at the Technology gymnasium, Exeter street. Entries, 50 cents each, can be sent to J. L. Batchelder, Jr., secretary of the Athletic Association, or to Superintendent Small...
...candidates for the freshman tug-of-war team met in the gymnasium yesterday afternoon and elected M. I. Motte captain of the team. Mr. Motte has had considerable experience in tug-of-war contests, having been a member of the Hopkinson's school team. Allen and Potter are trying for anchor, and the other men are trying for positions on the rope. It is impossible as yet to know the make-up of the team. Potter or Allen will probably anchor, and Motte pull number two. The other men trying are of the usual weight but they lack experience. Before...
...desire for union, for a strong centralized government. The causes of the growth of nationality lie in the political events of 1858, when William came to the throne, when the reactionary ministry of Mannteuffel gave way to the liberal policy of Autin von Hohenstaufen in Prussia's successful war of 1864 against Schleswig-Holstein and in the Prussian war of 1866. In the war of 1870 this national feeling shows itself perhaps at its best. This desire for union is manifest in the welcome which the emperor receives in all parts of Germany; also in this, that today northener...