Word: nearly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...swash buckler of the play, who comes to ask for the hand of Manon, the pedant's daughter. Granger does not want him, wishing to marry Manon to a rich peasant named Gareau, so he tells Chateaufort that he has a rival in La Tremblaye, a gentleman living near the college of Beauvais. Chateaufort goes away breathing threats of vengeance against La Tremblaye. Granger then turns to his own love affairs; for he himself is in love with Genevote, the sister of La Tremblaye. His own son, Charlot Granger, however, is his favored rival, and must be disposed...
...Peters, one of the few great American explorers who have worked among the ruins of Babylon, will speak at 11 o'clock this morning in the Fogg Lecture Room on his recent work near Nippur, south east of Babylon. The discoveries made by Dr. Peters since 1889 have far eclipsed the efforts of the French archaeologists, Botta, Place and de Sarzec, and the Englishmen, Layard, Rassam and Smith...
...short time. The cinder track around the football field will be used in the 1900 track games for the first time, and will probably be raised if it is found to be necessary. Plans have been made for a new house for the Gun Club which will be situated near the speedway, in what was once the marsh. Instead of shooting towards the road, as is now done, the pigeon traps will be turned in the opposite direction and the shooting will be towards Soldiers Field. There are now from twenty to thirty acres on Soldiers Field for athletic purposes...
...cars running via Western Avenue come very near to Soldiers Field, and this route is the most convenient way to reach the Field for persons coming from Boston. The management recommends the Western Avenue cars, in preference to those running to Harvard Square...
...tickets sent to Yale are in the centre of the North Stand. Those sent to the Harvard Club of New York fill one entire section near the centre of the South Stand. The players, coachers and others in the preceding table are regarded as privileged, and special seats were reserved for them in the centre of the South Stand. Thus 8265 tickets were disposed of before the applications of the season ticket holders were considered. When we add the 7835 seats sold to them, we have 16,100 persons who desire seats between the goal lines. As there...