Word: answering
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...remaining 101, 1 died of Bright's disease, 5 of consumption, 1 of neuralgia, 1 by suicide, 2 by accident, and 1 from an unknown cause. Of the 87 who were living two years ago, 67 reported themselves in good health, and from the rest no definite answer could be obtained...
which, being interpreted, means, "Harvard University, alas! too near the Mabille Garden." To be sure, it is not yet within easy walking distance. To the ardent and inquiring youth one cannot yet answer, "Second turning on the left, follow the crowd and there you are"; but still it is too near to make both ends meet comfortably on an allowance of $2,000 a year...
...becomes a lackey dressed in the livery of the society, the exact counterpart of every other society man in both dress and opinions. There is Snobling, for instance, - a cigarette-rolling Sophomore. Ask him what he thinks about admitting women to Harvard. I can vouch that his answer will...
...Answer. Don't you mean what celebrated cardinal was descended from a prince, as cardinals ought not to marry...
...course in French do not expect in a year to learn to write French as well as the Parisians, nor are they told in the elective pamphlet that the examination is to be partly or wholly in French. But when we ask for our marks, what is the answer? "You have a very low per cent, and I feel that you ought to have more, because I know from your recitations that you have done good work; but as you did not write the whole paper in French I was obliged to mark you low." What can be more unfair...