Word: ask
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Such is the condition of affairs in the Transvaal. Such are the outrages which the Uitlanders had to endure. Is it to be wondered at that England should demand redress, or to be deplored that she should ask an equitable treatment of her citizens? She demanded for the Uitlander justice. She did not demand that he be given control of the government or even an equal share in its administration, but she asked that he be given a voice in the expenditure of taxes, and that measure of protection which every civilized power grants to foreign residents within its territory...
...meeting of the Division of Modern Languages held last Thursday, it was voted to ask the Corporation to invite the Modern Language Association of America to meet in Cambridge during the Christmas recess of 1901-1902. The Conference this year will be held December 27, 28, and 29 in New York...
...story deals with the troubles of Granger, a pedantic principal of the college of Beauvais at Paris. The first act opens with an interview between Granger and Chateaufort, the 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...
...meeting of the Intercollegiate Hockey Association held in New York last week the following officers for the ensuing year were elected: President, J. T. Williams, Columbia; secretary and treasurer, S. Campbell, Yale. Admission was granted to Princeton, and it was voted to ask Harvard to join the association, whose present members are Yale, Brown, Columbia and Princeton...
...committee, therefore, has instructed me to ask the CRIMSON, if possible, to canvass the University for this purpose. Very truly yours, FRED W. MOORE, Secretary...