Word: actually
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Perhaps the most interesting part of the lecture was that in which actual rescues were vividly described with slides to illustrate some of the most thrilling experiences of a life-saver's career, including almost incredulous accounts of hardship and suffering...
...unheard of. But many of the irrevocable customs, ridiculous as they may seem to one who does not understand their meaning, were, at the time of their institution, founded on necessary circumstances, and therefore worthy of respect. In the paraphernalia, customs, and associations of Westminster Abbey, historic past and actual present are strangely mingled...
...line will suffer the most, the three centre positions being the only ones satisfactorily provided for. The effect which the new playing rules will have upon the kind of players needed can only be learned by an actual scrimmage, the spring practice giving no cue to the real differences in the game. Although it is true that speed and agility will be essential, nevertheless weight, especially in the line cannot be sacrificed to those ends. It is probable that weight will be even more necessary than under the old rules, since the rush line defense has been weakened...
...than in the North room only; and an arrangement has been made by which members are allowed to take books from the library, for temporary use in any part of the building. The constitution now in operation was adopted last March. It is a working, feasible constitution, framed on actual experience. It has centralized the management of the Union, besides doing away with technicalities which made the running of the Union, besides doing away with technicalities which made the running of the Union a uselessly complicated matter, due to the fact that the old constitution was drawn up without experience...
...Actual excavation will probably be started in a day or two, and will necessitate moving the three large willow trees on the south end of Holmes Field and tearing up several of the tennis courts...