Word: almost
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...thing which occurs quite frequently. If a man comes from twenty minutes to a half-hour past the time of opening the hall he is told that this or that thing has given out. One day it is the fish, another day the turkey, and so on. Almost every day something gives out. As the student is given an hour's range he ought to have some assurance that, if he comes at the latter end of that hour, he will not be told that all the best part of the meal has given out. It certainly is reasonable...
...have the late breakfast table in the little side-room corresponding to the auditor's room? To be sure, this room is at present occupied, but there is no necessity of its being used regularly, as there are so many vacant tables in the hall proper. This arrangement would almost completely do away with the many objections to the late table as it is now conducted. There would be no dust, no noise, and no chairs piled on the table-cloth to be seen. Of course, we would miss the singing, which, to me at least, is an agreeable feature...
...movements of French troops in Tunis have been almost suspended in consequence of rains...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: Every one in college feels the importance of having the freshman nine defeat Yale this year. The continued series of defeats has made it almost an assured thing that we will always lose the freshman nine defeat Yale this year. The continued series of defeats has made it almost an assured thing that we will always lose the freshman game. Of course there are many reasons why the Yale freshmen defeat us annually. They commence playing early in the fall, and, as the weather in New Haven permits it, they play later. In the fall they also...
...portrait of Mrs. Butterfield and her younger brother, at the respective ages of ten and six, hangs over the mantel-piece. Mrs. Butterfield is represented in low neck and short sleeves, with one hand sliding from her brother's shoulder, and the other, abnormally developed, hanging almost to the hem of her skirt. Both figures look unsteady and unhappy, as though they had been trying to see which could hold its breath longest and were both about ready to give...