Word: regained
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...honor not confined to their fatherland; the eyes of the civilized world are upon them. Scholars speaking the most different languages crowd toward them, even from the farthest parts of the earth. Such a position would be easily lost by a false step, but would be difficult to regain...
...time the crews have reached the quarter mile flag, Yale is almost a length ahead. This, however, is the best showing she makes during the race. Almost immediately after entering the second quarter, Harvard's long stroke commenced to tell, and foot by foot the crimson began to regain the lost ground, until at the half mile flag Yale was barely a quarter of a length ahead. Yale passed the ball mile in 3:04. In the third quarter Harvard made up all she had lost and began to lead Yale until at the end of the first mile there...
...condition of affairs is plain. The racks stand outside, unprotected and alone, and men will not risk exposing their property to the danger of theft or easy misappropriation by leaving their umbrellas here. Too many cases have already occurred of umbrellas disappearing and of their owners being unable to regain them. Thus it has come to pass that the umbrellas are carried inside where they can be safely disposed of during meal time...
...suspended. It seems as if the association was not allowed a fair chance for existence by compelling it to suspend so near the close of a term. If the association suspends operations, even for a brief time, its credit will be injured so that it will never regain its former standing. There is not another institution of its kind and age in this country, perhaps not in the world. Its members can make it just what they wish it to be, provided they take an active interest in its affairs...
...table after another has left the hall until only 300 boarders remain. The crisis is at last reached; it is only a matter of a few more boarders more or less which shall decide whether the association shall suspend or continue. A committee of fifty has been appointed to regain the patronage and confidence of the students, and we hope that they will meet with success. Once let the Dining Association stop, and then we shall realize how much we owe to it, and not until then will the students see how much it has done toward cheapening the price...