Word: tears
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Tear Bottle, Frank Dempster Sherman...
...Subway will be profitable in operation. - (a) More economical. - (1) No wear and tear on tracks from, - (x) Crossing of teams. - (y) Constant stops. - (2) Require no clearing in winter. - (3) (3) Quicker trips. - (4) No accidents from crossing tracks. - (b) More commodious. - (1) Four tracks in busiest part. - (c) Will command a rental sufficient to pay interest on debt incurred, and pay debt at maturity...
...next Congress for - (1) Usual time for building a battle-ship is 5 years. - (2) Cramp can not construct the best in less than 2 1/2 years: Higgins in Cong. Rec. Vol. 27, p. 3576. - (b) Provision for - (1) Sudden shipwreck, cf. Reina Regente. - (2) Ordinary wear and tear. - (3) Filling place of older ships made nearly useless by modern improvements...
...decorations in the Trophy Room of the Gymnasium will be taken down today, so that the workmen may tear down the outside wall of the building...
...elders in experience at least; surely they realize the importance of the step they have taken, and are willing to accept the result, which they must sincerely believe will be only to our advantage. Is it not most discourteous to the faculty, our intended benefactors, if we tear to pieces their opinions and criticise them piecemeal, - we, only undergraduates who have scarcely reached our twenties? Surely we are not so vain as to believe that they carry enormous weight with them. Let it be for others to criticise; let it be for those who justly believe themselves capable...