Word: gradually
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...week later he was suddenly attacked with pneumonia. Early last week he had a relapse, but afterward rallied and appeared to be holding his own. Toward the end of the week, however, he again suffered a relapse but passed safely through it, and until last Monday noon a gradual improvement was noticeable. Throughout his entire illness with the exception of the last two days, Dean Shaler has been perfectly conscious and rational...
...more than another. We are not considering football at Harvard, nor at Princeton, nor at any special university or college. By intercollegiate football is meant an institution, a noble and blood-stirring institution, which takes its form in football contests between the colleges of America. It has been a gradual growth from insignificant contests to the great game of today, in which keen and friendly rivals struggle for supremacy. We must, therefore, as must the gentlemen from Princeton, spread out this institution, examine it on all sides and in all lights, find in it all those qualities which are vital...
Forty-nine men reported at the first meeting of candidates for the University basketball team in the Gymnasium last Monday night. This number has gradually been increased to 78, and it is expected that more will come out later. The men have been divided into class squads, which have been practicing regularly every night under the coaching of former University team members. The work thus far has been very light, aiming merely to get the men accustomed to handling the ball. After individual practice in shooting and passing each squad has usually been given a short line-up, and there...
...companies and formed collateral trusts to give room for the investments the public was so anxious to make. Before long, however, the enormous inflation of stocks and bonds without corresponding increase in the real property behind them, was detected by the people. They refused to make further investments. A gradual recall of the foreign capital lent to American firms for investment in securities brought about the final explosion of speculation in 1903. But for the timely revival of agricultural and industrial prosperity a disastrous financial panic would have followed...
...gradual and peaceful change has placed the people of England in control of their government so that, it is now virtually a democracy. Its representative system is good, the elections are pure, good men are brought into the government service and responsibility is fixed in a perfect manner. The judiciary is upright and independent and the civil service is efficient and outside of political influences. The English system is suited, however, for only two parties. For the last few years the powers of the House of Commons have been declining and at the same time the cost of obtaining...