Word: waved
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 8, 1. A.M. For New England, cold day for the Republicans, barometer away down, "tidal wave" from all over the country...
...fair way of being settled. No more decisive way of putting at rest all disputes between the two papers could have been devised than the present one of a scratch race. The HERALD in advance tenders its sympathy and condolence to the defeated party. Long may the victor wave...
...board and in the choice of the president and tutors, which continued even after later modifications of the charter. The State retained an unfavorable jurisdiction over the affairs of the college, approving the election and voting the salaries of president and professors as late as 1786. Every wave of public opinion that affected the legislators influenced the destinies of the college. In the contests of rival factions, salaries and needed appropriations were withheld, often occasioning great inconvenience and suffering. Obnoxious opinions of the president and faculty on political subjects often invoked investigation and rebuke...
...recent Larchmont Yacht Club regatta the pennant winners were the Gracie, Wave, Cornell, Zoe and Truant...
Although a strong northwesterly wind prevailed yesterday forenoon, the junior crew made the attempt to go over the course on time. They started a few minutes after eleven, and despite the fact that each wave washed considerable water into the boat, they pushed on. As it afterward proved, the neglect to put on the washboards proved fatal. When nearly 150 yards from the Union boat-house, the forward part of the boat was so full of water that something had to be done to relieve the heavy strain. Perceiving, with the true instinct of heroes, the imminent danger...