Word: solely
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...price for the land they should jointly apply to the state which gave the purchase money to the landlord, who from that time had no hold upon the land. The tenant payed rent to the state for a stipulated length of time, at the expiration of which he became sole owner of his property...
...them. This must necessarily continue, so long as the present system is adhered to. What is the use of having a competition, if the best competitor does not win out? The money itself is hardly a consideration, since there are other and less obnoxious ways of raising that. The sole actuating cause seems to be the idea that there must be a competition of some sort, while there is not enough other work to be done to try out the capacity of the contestants...
...considerable doubt expressed at the time of the club's formation as to whether there was room in the University for another dramatic organization, considering the number of plays annually presented by Harvard men. But apparently there was no reason for such doubt. The Dramatic club, as the sole organization aiming to produce serious dramatic works by graduates and undergraduates of the University and to arouse interest in acting these plays, has been so far remarkably successful. As everyone knows, "The Promised Land" was considered much more highly than most college productions, not only in the technique of the play...
...president and directors of the Harvard Dining Association elected last night to take charge of affairs at Memorial Hall for the next 12 months are confronted with a task of considerable importance. The management of a co-operative restaurant with the sole purpose of affording the best possible food at the lowest possible price for a large number of men is not a task to be undertaken lightly at any time. At just this time it is especially difficult, for lately there has been in progress at Memorial a policy of experiment--a policy naturally arising from continued evidences...
Having selected a method, the matter of rules for governing is comes up. In my opinion the competition should be in sole charge of the manager of the team in question. The amount of money collected by a candidate should be taken into consideration only as showing the candidate's ability and his desire to work. The actual choice can be made only through the manager's impression of the candidate's ability and general fitness gained by observation of his work and the results obtained. A manager is naturally influenced by the opinion of the captain and the members...