Word: imperiled
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...book at Bartlett's, or the dinner will be a failure. A crew which won two such grand victories as those of last June, is deserving of the highest honor, and every sign of indifference in rendering this honor will dampen the ardor of future crews, and thus imperil our aquatic interests...
...part of our own land is there a greater munificence than in Massachusetts. Its citizens ennoble the acquisition of riches by devoting their affluence to the service of popular beneficence. Generosity has become a public sentiment. Indeed, it is already proverbial that no rich New Englander would dare to imperil his future happiness by failing to make a bequest to Harvard. This wise benevolence, so nobly characteristic of the public spirit of this Commonwealth, will yet enrich the foundations of Harvard beyond English precedent. Ampler revenues, increasing the corps of instruction, and furnishing appliances for the illustration of every department...
Hanlan declined Trickett's proposal to row for pound200 on the ground that he would not imperil his training for his race with Ross for less than pound500...