Word: thrown
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...remembering another (Association' to which it belonged once upon a time, and the forlorn hope it was compelled to lead there by some precocious 'Western upstarts,' it politely declined the proffered honor." We are not called upon to defend ourselves from insinuations of this sort, even when they are thrown out by a paper which has for a motto, "Above all Sects is Truth." The words quoted speak for themselves, and those who read them will probably agree that the position of Cornell in matters of justice and courtesy does not correspond with the position its crews have taken...
While hill and spire about whose summits thrown...
...this season. Harvard had her usual luck, and went to the bat, only to retire in one, two, three order. George Wright and O'Rourke led off for the other side with base hits, but the Bostons failed to score, George Wright being caught napping at third, and prettily thrown out by Thatcher, who purposely muffed the ball at the third strike. In the second inning, Harvard again failed to score, but had two men left on bases. Schafer scored for the Bostons, the next three men retiring at first. Score, 1 to 0 in favor of the Bostons. Neither...
...person for whom the theme is written has, it is to be presumed, either less ability or less power of application than the person whom he employs, therefore he might, should he be thrown on his own resources, get conditioned in the subject, and the result of this would be a decrease of self-respect. Now, this would bring about more moral injury than the other alternative, and, therefore, the conduct of the buyer of themes is morally justifiable...
...have seen, Guild's crew was ahead, and as they went round they were fouled by Page's crew, who were from the moment of the foul out of the race. In the second foul between numbers one and three, although Guild fouled Weld, still Weld was thrown out because he attempted to take his opponent's water, which is contrary to the law of boat-racing, that "each boat shall keep its own water throughout the race, and any boat departing from its own water will do so at its peril." Page was disqualified by the rule that...