Word: possession
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...ample room for all present development and at the some time it will be easy gradually to extend quarters by means of dumpings, so that eventually all the Longfellow land will be filled in without the expense of doing it immediately. Therefore within twenty or thirty years Harvard will possess athletic grounds within a few minutes' walk of the college of about a hundred acres in extent. These twenty acres, however, can be put into use within a few months...
...second volume of the University of the South Magazine has appeared. It is a periodical of one hundred and fifty pages, published monthly by students at Sewanee, Tenn. The publication shews energy and ability, although a trill crude. Its literary, articles are thoughtful and possess merit; there is no attempt at poetry, the editors state that "poetical contributions are not eagerly sought...
...courses are to be completely changed. The department is now divided into four groups, of which the first group is intended to furnish a preliminary acquaintance with philosophy as a whole; Groups II and III are of an advanced character and are intended for graduates and under-graduates who possess sufficient knowledge to take them; Group IV is for graduates exclusively, especially for teachers, and is made up chiefly of original research work...
...United States possess such a right by legal and historical title. (a) At the time that Russia acquired the title to Behring Sea to was possible and customary to make such acquisitions. (b) She did acquire it by discovery, by uninterrupted possession, and by prescription. Annual Register, 1821. Correspondence of Poletica and Adams. For. Rel., vol. v., p. 652 et seq. Art. 4 of Convention with Russia of 1824. U. S. Treaties. (c)) The United States bought all the Russian rights in the purchase of Alaska. Convention with Russia of 1867, U. S. Treaties. Sumner's speech in Cong. Record...
...United States having legally acquired the exclusive jurisdiction of Behring Sea, has never lost it by any definite act, and must, therefore, still possess...