Word: methodically
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...possibility of such a punishment as possing has thus far justified its adoption, it is so extreme a punishment that in future the tendency might be to resort to it so seldom that much of its moral effectiveness might be lost. Finally, nearly all agree that the new method promises well...
Seminary of Economics. Some Results of the New Method of Assessing the Income Tax in Prussia. Dr. J. A. Hill. University...
...arrangement of this series it is desired to accomplish two things that are not possible by the ordinary methods. It is desired that all the teams play about the same number of games, whereas by the ordinary method the teams which are defeated in the first one or two games drop out and the winning teams play, as last year, seven or eight or possibly ten games. It is also desired to furnish some incentive for teams to keep together from year to year, so that even if some of the members of a team graduate the remaining members will...
...result of this method will be that all teams will play the same number of games, and that even if a team loses one or two games it will still be able to improve its position for next year by winning the remaining games...
Since this is the first year of this method a special rule will be made so that the luck of the draw among the teams whose exact place was not determined by the final series last year will be as small as possible. The Leiter Cups will not be awarded immediately to the leading team after the series is finished, but a special series will be held between the final number one and any teams which won all their games in the various rounds...