Word: copiously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years in the Sahara he made only one convert, a blind, illiterate old woman. Ever the good Frenchman, he also filed copious military intelligence reports, and briefed French officials on Moroccan affairs and native sentiments...
Burr Hall's copious floodlights and well-aimed spots are ideal for the cram-weary undergraduate. Some may object, however, to the seats, which are set at such an angle that no one has much trouble peeking over his neighbor's shoulder. This should scare no one. If the Registrar assigns to Burr only courses which deal in imprecise, general topics, unlike Calculus or Physics, no examgoer will have time enough to crib anything worth the risk involved...
While a gambler named Oakhurst, a lady of ill-repute, and a drunkard are indeed present in 20th Century Fox's The Outcasts of Poker Flat, it would require copious use of an opium pipe to discover any further similarities between the film and the Bret Harte story of the same moniker. This is not to say that the net result isn't mildly diverting, which it is, though the melodrama gets a little sticky around the fourth reel...
Yale's lesser known books include works on Numismatics, Penology, and Librarianship. Princeton is contest with among others, publications on Chess. Those fortunate to live in Washington, can go to the Congressional Library for copious information on Alcoholism. Tomperence, and the Tobacco and Drug Habits of all nations...
...Paint Your Wagon suffers less from a shortage of women than from a shortage of wit, from imagining that copious research is a substitute for bright conversation. This defect is an unfortunate handicap for a show that is otherwise a pleasant enough addition to the Broadway scene...