Word: withdrew
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Thanking Mrs. Obrien for her courtesy, the reporter withdrew, and picked his way out of the alley, pondering deeply on the hard fate of goodies in general, and Mrs. Obrien in particular, and mentally noting, in his odorous surrounding's, some excellent material for an essay on "The Cholera Fiend," illustrated a la the Boston Herald...
...smaller colleges refused to consent to either eight oared or six oared crews with coxswains, on the ground of expense. Nevertheless, the year before, in the six oared regatta without coxswains, Harvard and Yale had fouled each other, and, in consequence, both were beaten. On this account Yale withdrew from the association, but also for another reason. In '59, in '64, '71 and '75, Yale had expressed her desire to row Harvard alone, "because she had no rivalry with the other colleges, and no great desire to defeat them." We think that Yale still maintains the same attitude. Harvard withdrew...
...committee then requested that all who had no statements to make should withdraw, when the hearing could be conducted in the director's office. Although this is contrary to the custom in cases where public hearings of men are called for any purpose, the students as a body gracefully withdrew and allowed a few of the more argumentative to fight out the battle...
...body of hoodlumettes ensconced upon the stairs above. This assault was the signal for little less than a riot; hairpins were drawn on both sides, and a general scrimmage seemed unavoidable. The attacking party seemed to be overawed, however, by the superior numbers of their opponents, and withdrew in disorderly haste. With the exception of this incident the demonstration was a rousing success. The procession was an hour in passing a given point, -the dining hall, where a collation was spread. There has never been an affair of such magnitude recorded in the previous annals of the college...
...this order; the winner receiving 100 yards, and covering his distance in 5 minutes 6 1-2 seconds. Austin failed to understand the signal, and was obliged to throw off his overcoat after the pistol was fired for the start. Thompson was not running in his usual form, and withdrew on the final...