Word: contracts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Brine's contract to furnish goods at a discount to all members of the Co-operative will soon expire, and suggestions from members as to a successor will be thankfully received by the management...
Where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise: The report that the Harvard Crimson is printed in its own office has been found to be false. The paper is printed by contract in a regular printing establishment...
...office, and that two compositors are employed by the paper throughout the college year. The CRIMSON is printed in the office of H. E. Lombard, of Cambridge-port, and has been so printed for three years. The office is owned by him, and the CRIMSON is printed under contract, and the management has nothing to do or say with regard to the men who are employed." - Boston Globe...
...very clear that the moon and the college are not the best of friends. As is known to us all, the two have undertaken to light the yard ever since Harvard was first established. The result of this double contract is that at times, during certain nights of each month, the yard is not lighted. Whose fault is it? The moon is controlled by certain inevitable laws; for example, it has certain nights for setting early, and certain nights also for rising late; and again it is quite unable to shine through heavy clouds. This leads to the conclusion that...
...dependence upon the consent of the overseers, * * * provided always that the acts of the corporation shall be alterable by the overseers, according to their discretion. No limit of time is set within which the overseers must exercise their right of revision, or else forfeit it. No one concluding a contract with the corporation would dream of making the overseers a party to the contract. Their powers have been somewhat extended in practice, but their main function at present is to give their consent a matter of form-to the nominations of instructors, and to hold long and interesting debates...