Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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During the Easter recess the crew is going to Philadelphia to be coached by Bob Cook. The importance of this fact can hardly be overestimated, as by common consent Cook is the first crew coach in America...
...Atkinson has been experimenting for some years, and he has now invented a cooking pail which he believes will save the waste. The apparatus consists of a tin-lined paper pail, surrounding a tin-lined paper pail, surrounding a tin pale of three compartments, heated by a common lamp. The heat in this pail cannot go above 320 degrees, which is the proper temperature at which to cook food, and by its use a man can get good food, properly cooked for a dollar a week, and the best of food for two dollars a week...
...never brought himself forward as a leader in college affairs, he was widely known in his class, and highly esteemed by all those with whom he came in contact. The regard and love which they had for him was shown by their constant care during his illness: by their common sympathy at the last opportunity given to show him respect...
...Freshman Banjo Club suffered in common with the Glee Club, from a very late start, not getting to work till after Christmas. Since then, however, the men have been at work very steadily, and their progress has been, on the whole, better than that of the Glee Club, though their work is still far from satisfactory. Individually they play well, but as a whole they lack that dash and precision which come only from long practice. This lack of unity, however, is due more to the tardy organization of the club than to any other cause, and the fault will...
Besides this centralization of harmony upon the tonic note, the grasp of compositions as chord sequences which is characteristic of modern music-listening has led to a demand for relationship by common notes between successive chords and to a greatly extended use of the resolution of discord. These changes are evidence of a capacity for growth in the art to which it seems impossible to set limits...