Word: popular
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...place a blue book in some convenient place for the signatures of those who wish to run, and if sufficient interest is shown it might even be possible to form a hare and hound club to arrange runs and to further the interests of one of the most popular and beneficial sports in college. English schools have these clubs, and as hare and hound runs are increasing so in popularity, I see no reason why a club could not be formed and run successfully. With a small initiation fee and moderate dues, the club could afford not only to offer...
...Panama route, under existing circumstances, is the most feasible, and therefore should be completed.- Popular Science Monthly...
...Even if voidable, there are great obstacles and objections to the purchase and completion of the Panama canal on account of: (a) The expense; (b) the difficulties of construction; (c) the difficulties incident to its situation.- Nation, vol. 47, 487, Forum, vol. 4, 279, Forum, vol. 3, 412; Popular Science Monthly...
...Sever 11 this evening. Mr. George W. Cable will speak, taking for his subject, "My Conscience and My Vote." It is not only as a novelist that Mr. Cable is known to the world; for some years past he has had the enviable reputation of being a most popular lecturer before student bodies. His words of this evening will be given more in the manner of an informal talk than in that of a lecture. Everyone of us has heard so much of late as to whether our vote should be cast strictly according to party principles or according...
...government telegraph system has been successfully adopted by all civilized nations.- Popular Science Monthly...