Word: cheeking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...voting shall be secret, cheek lists being used. The class shall vote in ten sections, two tellers receiving and counting the votes from each section. Voting by proxy shall not be allowed. Whenever a candidate receives a majority of votes cast on a formal ballot, he shall be declared elected...
Mumps have jumped from Harvard to Cornell and are swelling the cheek of that institution...
...Freshman crew, some time ago, sent a challenge to the Smith College girls for a 100-yards dash, straightaway, on the Charles River, and in the challenge they promised to keep the river open for the race with a muddre???ge; but, dontcherknow, those girls had the cheek to answer that, as they were the challenged party, they had a right to name their own water, and they named the Mill pond back of their college as the proper place as they were not allowed to row outside of their own grounds without a chaperone...
...steamer," "intended to wait on the second step," and "happened to be the next substitute;" Wer staubt hier im Zimmer ab? "Who stops here in the summer?"; sie hatte sich verrathen, "she was married;" er streckte die Linke nach den Briefen aus, "he placed his left hand against her cheek," and "he stuck the stamp on the letter;" sie zog sofort eines der Bucher hervor, "she drew on softly one of the boots;" sie musste die Wahrheit sagen, "she had to name the marriage day;" rechts-chaffene Manner, "well shaved men;" es war eine Frauenstimme, die, wie es schien, eben...
...ware were very fascinating and exceedingly well executed. Much of the work in the Art School department was in the line more of studies than of paintings with any prominent meaning. The visitor was amused at seeing in almost every third or fourth picture an old skull with high cheek bones; and, when the model itself was found in an out-of-the-way corner, it was like coming upon an old friend. The sculpture, of which there were several very good pieces on exhibition, was still not equal in excellency to the painting; but, of course, this...