Word: diverting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...agitation for the repeal of the tax is a political expedient adopted by protectionists to divert public attention from the real issue presented by the large surplus. Their chief arguments are: (a) Appeals to the popular prejudices supposed to exist in the U. S. against excise duties, and (b) the fact that this is a "war tax" -considerations that do not call for the repeal...
...those apparently substantial columns in the waiting-room are in reality hollow, and composed for the most part of laths and plaster. Secondly, financial considerations stand in the way; for the recent bequests to the library were all made with special purposes in view, and the overseers cannot legally divert the funds from those purposes...
Among the many pleasures and exercises with which Harvard men divert themselves, polo is one about which the students at large know but little. If anyone of an inquiring turn of mind should walk out on Brattle Street for about half an hour, he would come to the grounds of the Harvard Polo Club. There is nothing magnificent about them, no immense grand stand, but only a shed which gives shelter in rainy weather to the players and the ponies alike. The field is about twice the size of Jarvis, and is covered with a good turf. The situation...
President Porter of Yale says: "As far as Yale is concerned athletics are doing well. They do not divert the interest of the student, nor do they diminish the zeal for culture as a whole. The student is improved by the slight diversion of attention which they afford...
...recent Yale alumni dinner President Porter said: "As far as Yale is concerned athletics are doing well; they do not divert the interest of the students nor do they diminish the zeal for culture as a whole. The tone of the students is improved by the slight diversion of attention which they cause. I take the liberty of explaining why we are reticent in making arrangements in regard to athletics with the other colleges. It is the result of long experience. The question has been talked over more than ten years, and upon it President Eliot and myself have bestowed...