Word: countering
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There is another engine in a different part of the room, the exact counter-part of the first, so that if one should get out of order, the other could be put into immediate use. Sometimes in summer, when the season has been unusually dry, both of these engines have to be kept going in order to keep the city supplied with water...
...opposition of Cambridge tradesmen to the Co-operative Society has of late begun to manifest itself offensively to such a degree that it deserves public notice. The prominent bookstore whose trade is most seriously affected by the Co-operative Society is not content to charge, as a counter irritant, exorbitant prices for all articles which are necessary to the student, but has now added to its system of trade a course of gross misrepresentation concerning the prices charged by the Co-operative Society. The whole attitude of such opposition to the society is rendered more irritating by the fact that...
...once formed, headed by the band. Amid a blaze of red and green fire, and the flashing of Roman candles the column marched up to the main entrance of the yard, only to find that the gates had been shut against them. Baffled, but not discouraged, the men counter-marched, steadily keeping up the refrain of "Yale men say," and disbanded in front of Holyoke. A rush was made for the yard, where singing and cheering was started, interrupted by occasional calls for a "bonfire." No bonfire was forthcoming, however, and the tumult gradually subsided, until at 1.30, the hour...
...attention of members is called to the New Book Counter upon which appear the following lately published books...
...attention of members is called to the New Book Counter upon which appear the following lately published books...