Word: guardedly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...present navy is utterly inadequate. (a) to guard the coast; (b) to protect commerce; (c) to police the seas; (d) to uphold our dignity abroad:- Donaldson's Public Domain, p. 464, Congressional Record, vol. XV., pp. 1089-94; Nation, vol. XXXI...
...debate was, "Resolved, That the United States should not materially increase its navy." The discussion was opened for the affirmative by A. H. Williams, '91; he began with a few remarks concerning the popular cry for a large navy. He defined the uses of a navy as three: to guard the coast. protect commerce, survey and police the seas. He granted that the navy of the United States in its present condition could not accomplish the first two of these things, but claimed that this is not necessary, and that our navy is sufficient for the third purpose...
...Austin, L. S. continued the argument for the affirmative. He declared that the geographical position of our country was such that we do not need a large navy to guard our territory. He argued that a navy on account of the improvements in projectiles, guns and torpedoes is becoming more and more inefficient for either attack or defence. The fact that the United States has no colonies and that her commerce is very small are further reasons why the navy should not be increased...
...angles to the direction of the boat. Moreover, the boat is rigged close; the stretchers are not more than twelve inches from the end of the slide; the slides are lengthened, too, from twenty-six to twenty-eight inches, and thus give the calves and thighs additional possibilities. To guard against the seat running away before the oar enters the water, and to facilitate its movement on the recover, the runners are laid of an inclined plane. In order to attain something like uniformity of power and space between the first and the last half of the stroke, the pins...
GLOBE THEATRE.- "The Yeomen of the Guard...