Word: affirmation
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...suddenly comprehend the cause of the situation. They sought help from the government, and a tariff more stringent than any of its predecessors-the tariff of 1868, was enacted. That tariff is now twenty-two years old, and as a wool dealer, Mr. Garrison did not hesitate to affirm that it is a disappointment...
...informed that "the president of a great university should occupy in politics the position of a judge": we affirm that President Eliot does hold the position of a judge, but we respectfully suggest that it is the duty of a judge to "instruct the jury...
Voted, 3. To re-affirm and adopt the following regulations on athletic sports 1. No match games, races or athletic exhibitions shall take place in Cambridge, except after the last recitation hour on Saturday, or after 4 p. m. 2. No college club or athletic association shall play or compete with professionals. 3. No person shall assume the functions of trainer or instructor in athletics upon the grounds or within the buildings of the college without authority in writing from the committee. 4. No student shall enter as a competitor in any athletic sport, or join as an active member...
...affirm that the loss of the game on Saturday was the occasion of our criticism of the freshmen and their conduct is an assumption which ought not to be made by any one unless he be gifted with that extreme insight into the processes of mental action, which enables one to perceive clearly the line of thought which is being carried on in a mind other than one's own. We do not believe that our correspondent possesses this insight. If a year ago the seeds of the evil which is now being reaped were sown, it is the oversight...
...voice or in the action. The former is sepulchral and monotonous or it is unpleasantly nasal, and the thought which the voice should convey to the ear is utterly lost. Again, the speaker denies by his gestures what he has already said in words; he means to affirm, and he shakes his head violently as in negation, or he repels when he means to appeal, - or again, he has not learned the value of repose, and he keeps his hands and head going till you are worn out with the very sight of his ineffectual labor to have you seize...