Word: actions
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...coming out in the forward part of the head. This man recovered. Experiments on animals show that cutting out certain parts of the brain will produce paralysis of certain parts of the body. Disease, strong emotions, fear, grief, will also produce paralysis. The wonderful and inexplicable action of the will is thus stopped. The mind often produces pain or disease by simply concentrating attention on certain parts of the body. A criminal once died from imagining that he was bleeding to death. Brain diseases are the cause of great mortality, especially among children. In all exposure a man should keep...
...freshmen at Rutgers Saturday, hired a band and had a parade in which the upperclassmen joined. They "groaned" the president and other members of the faculty, and made considerable disturbance. The cause for the outbreak is the action of the faculty concerning recent acts of vandalism in and about the buildings...
...most admirable points in our system. But that this admission into the ranks of student-life here has not been properly restricted, and that in some cases it has been grossly abused, must have become clear to most of the men who take any interest in college matters. The action of the faculty in putting the work of specials under careful supervision will not only greatly aid in accomplishing the objects of special study, but also keep out of our ranks the class of men who are either incompetent or too lazy to take entrance examinations, and who come here...
...audience as a whole, and not with especial force to a portion of it. To effect this, the author must deal with sentiments common to the generality of human beings; but in addition must have in view a clearly defined artistic result. In the "machinery" of the action, there must be nothing which shall be meaningless or contrary to the current of sympathies aroused by the play as a whole. The events must be managed in such a way as not to jar even upon the social traditions of the audience. Care must be taken to have the misfortunes happen...
...soon. It is highly improbable that any further delay will be thrown in the way of its consideration. No satisfactory conjecture can be made as to the answer which the authorities may make to our reasonable requests, yet we feel that there is some ground to hope for favorable action on their part. Whether the petition be granted or not, we cannot see how it can possibly fail to have a marked effect. Drawn up by a body of undergraduates composed of "representative men" in the college world; signed by an overwhelming majority of our students; supported by a petition...