Word: centralized
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first place, great care should be taken not to make the course a "soft snap." It would have to be managed very shrewdly, so that there would be plenty of work somewhere, even if Russia took it into her head not to advance further into central Asia, if Germany suddenly decided not to extend her colonies, and if the whole Irish question suddenly ceased by Gladstone's yielding what is demanded of him. History pauses sometimes...
...Arnold Arboretum is devoted to the planting of trees and shrubs which number over two thousand varieties. There is no one collection in the world which contains so many varieties. Their arrangement is also excellent. In one row we can trace the apple as it first existed in Central Asia up through varieties to the crab apple; till finally it reaches the ordinary American apple...
...stronge men sallied and alsoe struck ye Master despitefully. Atte ys ye widowe Hariss sette loose ye greate mastife with ye one eie, and ye playe ceased as ye dinner belle range. Ye game was spoken by Master Pinkeytighte as ye game of ye faire Harvarde youthes. Ye central rusherman of Yayle was hurt most pitously...
...proper study of mankind is man." The writer throughout is bright, entertaining, and incisive. But the immoderate application of well-known aphorisms detracts seriously from the freshness and value of the thought. The central idea of the paper is "The present lies four-square, and the sides are self, civilization, raw material, and fellow...
...Jones sets out in a few days for a reading trip through central New York. He will read in Utica, Syracuse, Hornelsville, Elmira, and three or four other places...