Word: affect
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...purpose. Something must be done, and that before the coming game. Why not make the admission of the freshman class to the tree on class day conditional on their defeat of Yale? When all other means fail, a direct appeal to their own interest like this may perhaps affect them...
...being abused by somebody or other, and that the utmost vigor and rigor on his part is called for to repel all attacks. A curious mania for "strong writing" seems always to be co-existent in the college papers of the institutions where this sad disorder flourishes. We cannot affect to explain this fact either. For example there are the two papers we have mentioned-both seemingly smitten with this mysterious affliction...
...present the degree of Ph. D. is offered to those who complete this course, but the faculty reserve the right to withdraw this offer. Such withdrawal will not affect students entering before the change is made...
...said to have paid $25.000 for them. The largest one is a characteristic sketch by Detaille, a group of soldiers, a scene in the late Franco-Prussian war. The first feature that one remarks in the picture is the beautiful play of light. Although the coloring does not affect one favorably, yet the fine draughting and grouping of the figures show the masterhand of the man, who, with De Neuville, leads this branch of the French school. The second is one of De Neuville's, a much smaller picture, equally attractive both in point of merit and ability. Bonheur...
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