Word: across
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...half to the good, in 11 m. 13 1-2s., followed by '85 in 11m. 24 1 2s; '88, in 12m. 29 1-2s.; and '86 in 13m. Both these latter boats narrowly escaped being swamped by the swell from the referee's tug, which had steered across the course ahead of the two last crews...
...soon as the crews have passed through the draw, a long whistle will be sounded from the referee's tug as the signal for the crews to get into line. A rope will be stretched across the river, to which four row boats will be moored at a distance of one hundred feet apart. A man in each boat will hold the stern of a shell. As soon as the shells are in line, two whistles will be sounded as a signal for the men to come out to the full reach...
...upward. Of course the only cause of this expansion is a very natural one, namely, the heat of the seller's eagerness after the almighty dollar. Heat expands, and cold contracts; so we learned in freshman Physics. In what way are we to send a good cold draught across these now red hot prices? The question is a difficult one to answer. A few years ago the Co-operative Society reduced very materially the temperature of the prices of other things; but did not (probably because it could not) do anything regarding the prices of the pamphlets and syllabi used...
...parlor which is used occasionally as a recitation room, and the rest of the time, as the sitting room of the family. Next to the parlor is a recitation room, and over these are the study and another recitation room A laboratory is fitted up in a house across...
...then, we see the authorities endeavoring to beautify the yard, we have at once to urge all concerned to assist them. The present is a very critical time in the growth of grass, and only by considerable care on the part of all, by refraining from walking or running across the grass plots, can the yard be made to have its usual beautiful appearance. The college horse, famed in antiquity, depends in a large measure, on the amount of the grass crop. Deprive him of his scanty meal of have from the yard, and who will draw the snow-plow...