Word: acted
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...much the class races were going to amount to, as in that year they were rowed for the first time for a long while. When the Crimson said that a Freshman race clashes with the interests of the 'Varsity, it did not refer simply to such a direct act as refusing to give up a Freshman oar to be a substitute on the 'Varsity; the feeling that prompted that refusal is of far greater importance than the act itself; it indicates a division of interest and purpose which is in great measure the cause of our many recent failures, which...
...night, and in the morning give him a horse to ride and a guide to show him the way to Fairfield, a village about sixty miles distant, as very important business demanded his presence there. Uncle consented to do as he wished, and asked me to act as guide. Upon closer examination I found the stranger to be my old friend Buttons, who had risen from the low station of policeman to the rank of detective...
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...person being able to find a hand according to his eyesight. Take the reverse side of the watch. By a graceful and easy pry with my thumbnail I open the cover. Let me here call your attention to this patent nail arrangement. It is so constituted that, by the act of prying the cover, a portion of the nail is removed, and you will readily see that by changing fingers in opening the cover, all necessity of cutting one's nails will be avoided, thus saving time and trouble. Upon opening this cover a second one is seen, having...
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