Word: coverable
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...Cover-point...
...goes without saying that a single strong club will enjoy greater prestige, and receive stronger support than does either of the clubs today. Rivalry between class clubs is an excellent thing, but we do not think that it can ever be made very profitable between clubs which profess to cover exactly the same field...
...Christmas number of the "Advocate," with its special cover, is decidedly readable throughout. An intelligent and well balanced criticism on Richard Harding Davis is the first main article of the number. "A Bottle of Alcohol" is somewhat unpleasant in subject but shows great facility in short story writing. A Christmas story called "A Gift of Gifts," will interest the regular readers of the Advocate, because they may see in it promises for the future. Its merits are so striking that one feels that time will obliterate the faults it exhibits...
...speaking was a decided improvement over that of the first trial. The general form was better, and the men, both in refutation and in presentation of argument, showed evidence of more careful preparation. There was, however, a slight tendency to cover too much ground...
...impossible as yet to announce the financial results of the undertaking, but it is probable that expenses were cleared in spite of the high and unexpected custom-house duties on the costumes. The extra performance on Saturday afternoon, which was nearly as well attended as the others, helped to cover the extra expense...