Word: behind
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...most Americans, but his body, though so compact, was grace itself. Every muscle, every feature was under perfect control, and it was this that enabled him to be his best characters rather than to act them. His beauty was of a manly kind and showed the intellect which lay behind it; but his voice was perhaps his chief charm. He was a model for all speakers of English, and he gave Shakespeare's lines with as little effort as if they were his mother tongue. It is not pessimistic to say that they will never be given so again...
...feeling that the church was the seat of authority and that religion meant the church. This feeling has entirely disappeared; with the springing up of new instruments of thought and education the church has lost its hold on power and the believers in close organizations are falling as much behind the times as supporters of the Macedonian Phalanx would be in this era of rifles and gattling guns...
...quickness in sparring made by Dr. Fitz last year in the physiological laboratory will be continued this year. In addition to these, a "Visual location apparatus for testing manual quickness and accuracy" has been devised. The machine consists of a moving carriage which is placed in different positions behind a screen. The screen is suddenly dropped and the subject strikes as quickly and accurately as possible a white spot in the centre of the carriage. The time from the dropping of the screen to the hitting of the dot is measured in hundredths of seconds by a pendulum chronometer...
...author shows the material for a very pretty and interesting story, which he fails to do full justice in the working up. "The Pale Stranger" betrays a lack of originality; for the unknown princely guest who sings a mysterious song and then disappears, leaving the fair maiden dead behind him, is hardly without parallel in fairy tale and legend...
Work has begun on a new board running track which will be located behind the gymnasium, between the Law School and the Jefferson Physical Laboratory. The track will be six feet in width, and there will be six laps to the mile. The building of the track, although in the hands of the athletic committee, will be under the supervision of Mr. Lathrop...