Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...else must go to the trouble of writing out the names upon slips of paper and putting these upon the desks. We all know how disagreeable it is to come into an examination room late and then be obliged to spend five minutes in wandering round in a vain attempt to find a particular blue book, but it is certainly much more disagreeable for those who are already at work to be disturbed by the moving about of the late comer. Examinations in themselves are far from pleasant, but under existing circumstances they are a necessity, and we ought...
...Phillips will attempt to break the record of 9 feet 2 inches in running high kick at the Union games...
...last year and thus reduce the number of boats to three. That the Law School is not able to place a crew on the river oftener than once in four or five years is a matter of regret. And when there is interest enough to make the attempt, they ought to be encouraged as much as possible. Let all the crews make their best efforts and not give up till the fight is won; and the result will be the finest race which will ever have been seen on the Charles river course...
...name of Symphony. A name to which they can only lay claim thorough their customary division into slow and fast movements. In this symphony, while the fast movements are mere tunes in the jig style, the slow movements are mere rhythmical statements of a melody. There is no attempt at a regular structure or at a working up of the material, and this fault it is attempted to conceal by skilful changes of rhythm. The whole tone of the work is not much higher than that of the following ballet music, and considerably lower than much ballet music of other...
...said that 63 per cent. of the college graduates in Ontario have their degrees from denominational institutions. This is significant, because it seems to prove, that in this instance the attempt of the state to control higher education has failed...