Word: cut
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...spent two months in Honduras and three months in Guatemala. The principal part of his work was the exploration of the ruins of Quirigua, Guatemala, the most important ruined city of the ancient Maya civilization. It is buried in a dense tropical jungle through which roads had to be cut to reach the site. The most remarkable of the relics are the stone monoliths covered with inscriptions and weighing from fifteen to sixty tons. During his investigations at Quirigua Mr. Gordon discovered two new monoliths, each about twenty-five tons in weight. Thirteen monoliths in all have been found. Moulds...
...When the intermission was called at one o'clock Drinkwater and Mifflin were at the wickets. Shortly after the game was resumed Mifflin went out on a fly to De Motte but Drinkwater with Tyng as his companion at the bat continued to guard his wicket. His stand was cut short, however, when he slid at full length on the slippery grass and was run out. The remaining men went out quickly under the swift balls of Scott and Patton...
...above the buildings will face three sides of an oblong court. On each side there will be a series of wings connected by corridors on the side facing the court. Each wing will be devoted to a separate department. Thus on the southeastern side, (the left side in the cut) the four wings are devoted respectively to Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Hygiene and Pharmacology. The wings on the northwestern side are devoted to Physiology, Physiological Chemistry, Surgery and Bacteriology and Pathology. The building at the rear of the court will be devoted exclusively to the administrative department of the Medical...
Stillman pitched a steady game and had almost perfect control. Only two Bowdoin men reached second base, and of the four scattered hits made by Bowdoin, two would have been cut off by faster fielding. Stillman struck out fifteen men and gave but two bases on balls. Oakes, the Bowdoin pitcher, was not so effective. Thirteen hits, with a total of twenty-one bases, were made from him, most of them well bunched. Frantz made four of these hits,--two singles, a two-base hit and a home run, all of which brought in runs. Stillman, Murphy and Wendell made...
...Freshman Mandolin Club has been cut down to the following...