Word: broadness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Broad jump - L. Shoenfeld '95, C. S. Bryant '98, K. K. Kubli L. S., E. H. Clarke '96, J. G. Clarke '96, A. Stickney, Jr., '97, F. L. Dunlap...
...said that they fully justified the passage of the law. The people had seen that extravagance must be curtailed and that undue distribution of wealth must be corrected. This tax will deal harshly with the mercenary men of the world, but it is based on the broad principle of "equality of sacrifice for all." Before this time want, not wealth, was being daily burdened. This is the determination of the people to bring about equality of taxation, though not by communistic nor socialistic means...
...building are 73 feet by 88 feet. It is three stories high, and is of brick. The entrance is through a large door which leads to a spacious vestibule, the walls of which are of mottled Pompeiian brick. The floor is laid in mosaic tile. A broad, iron staircase leads from this vestibule to the third story...
Aristophanes's plays sparkle with jests. The humor is often broad and sometimes coarse. Whether Aristophanes wrote merely in fun or for a serious purpose is a mooted question. If he intended to bring about a reform, he made a dismal failure. Great as his talents were, he took no stock in tragedy or philosophy, but chose to exert all his energies in comedy. His efforts were well rewarded, for he still remains the greatest comic poet of all time...
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