Word: bottom
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...leading character, the nypocnondriac, is a well-to-do and at bottom good-natured man who imagines himself sick, and makes life miserable for all concerned. Many of the trials and tribulations which visit him in the course of the play are the result of a deliberate attempt on the part of his friends and family to cure him of his fancied malady...
...Lack of discipline from the top to the bottom of the whole structure of the Yale Athletic Association is responsible for many of its ills, and it is our belief that regard for wise discipline is one of the principal permanent benefits to be gained by participants and the undergraduate body as a whole...
...pair-oar and grasped the animal firmly by the neck, only to have the terrible luck of slipping at such a critical moment. Of course, the deer took the golden opportunity to make a hasty retreat, leaving the Yale men disconsolate and the Yale coach struggling on a sandy bottom...
...will appear upon the ballot without any designation as to parties. This will be done with the intention of making the vote a choice of the individual only, without party influence. Although the list of names includes the most widely mentioned candidates, blank spaces will be left at the bottom of the ballot in order that votes may be made for candidates whose names do not appear. The following names will appear upon the ballot: Allan L. Benson, of New York, Socialist nominee; William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, ex-Secretary of State; Albert B. Cummins, senator from Iowa; Charles Warren...
From internal evidence, one might judge that the new board of editors of the Advocate had as yet had indifferent success in drawing contributions from candidates, had found comparatively little to say themselves, and had been forced to scrape the bottom of the drawer in the hope of finding something left behind by the Senior editors. Of the articles signed by names that have not appeared on the board, the best is the thoughtful "Prepared--for What?" Of Mr. E. A. LeRoy, Jr. If he is somewhat given to accepting as fact all that he reads in the newspapers...