Word: split
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...playing was rather better than usual, and both Cozzens and Haughton showed up well. Foster, who was a promising candidate for first base, has split his finger badly and will be unable to play for some time...
...conviction assumed three different forms,- dogmatic, ritual, or ecclesiastical. It is a well-known fact, however, that none of the three have ever been fully successful. The dogmatical uniformity failed first of all. Even the famous council of Nicea, the first oecumenical council, ended in a strife that effectually split the church...
...players in the second round will be split into two sections, unless the number of original competitors greatly exceeds that in years past, and the first two men in each section will go up into the third or final round. It is probable that most of these second-round players will have many chances to play on the team matches with other clubs...
...chief difficulty which confronts us in determining the doctrine of the Ancient Greeks on immortality is that of collecting evidence. In the first place the Greeks had no distinctive national faith, and there was a tendency of the cults to split up, in the absence of any single sanctuary, or great priestly order. Then there was no cultus-literature, though materials out of which canonical collections might have grown were numerous. Lastly the Greek religion was composed of various elements, and by writers of that time the doctrine of immortality was ascribed to foreign influences...
...continuance of the Democrats in office would (a) Be regarded as an approval of their course, (b) Prolong agitation and discontent since (1) The party is so badly split: McKinley's speech, N. Y. Tribune, Sept...