Word: detectable
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...shivering in the face of a cold north-east wind for over half an hour before play was called. The ground was very slippery, making rushing almost impossible and good kicking not a little difficult. A glance at the teams as they entered the field could not fail to detect the great advantage of weight possessed by the New Haven eleven. In fact the Yale rush line averaged 182 pounds to Harvard...
...real truth is, however, that the weighing-machine is designed to detect the presence of British gold in the pockets of the students. Dr. Hamlin has asserted that the Cobden Club bribes our college students to write free trade essays. Doubtless he suspects that some of his own students have the price of their shame in their pockets, and he intends to satisfy his mind by weighing the suspected men. This is an excellent plan, and it is to be hoped that the weighing-machine will prove trustworthy and that Dr. Hamlin will thus be spared the necessity of passing...
...graceful Virgil holding his scroll of verses turns his back upon the blind bard. It is to be hoped that this error will be corrected, as it might be at a small expense and trouble. If one did no know of the fault, one would probably fail to detect it, yet after it has been pointed out, it lets us see and think of nothing else. There is a certain appropriateness in the juxtaposition of Homer and Virgil, which in some of the other windows is sadly lacking Men who in no wise belong together are put amicably side...
...method of proclature for electing a member to parliament in Germany is in many respects similar to the one in vogue in this country for electing a representative to Congress. But at the same time there are certain differences which Baron Von Bunsen said his hearers would readily detect as he proceeded with his lecture. In Germany it is customary in each electoral district, as the time for an election approaches, for a few of the leading members of a party to assemble and hold a sort of informal caucus, at which it is decided what candidates will best represent...
...summary treatment which gymnasium and laboratory thieves have met with in years past has, it is hoped, tended to make such diversions as theirs unpopular; but the umbrella fancier has returned to college with his cupidity undiminished - rather increased by the knowledge that no attempt is ever made to detect him. It is to the credit of the employes of the gymnasium and laboratories that when money, watches or other articles were purloined, they have exerted themselves to discover the culprits; and that they have generally been successful. Why cannot the umbrella collectors at Memorial be detected as well...