Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...defeated by the Pale Face Shooting Association at Wellington Saturday afternoon by the score of 209 to 176. The University team was at a disadvantage as it was the first time the men had shot at the traps, and the snow made the following of the flight extremely difficult for both teams. C. L. Hauthaway '10 with a score of 40 out of a possible 50 was high man of the University team...
...told and getting somewhere without baffling allusiveness or the world-worn ennui of two decades of life on this planet. The plot is a trifle better than the telling, but that fault can be remedied. A slightly cynical ending does not destroy the general simplicity. More ambitious and more difficult is the flight of "Tobias Medetates," the most important effort of this number. It is a venture into negro dialect; the character of Tobias is novel and strong. His doctrine of the "come-back" and his ironical "Yessir" are sure touches. I for one can stand more of Tobias...
...Arthur Woods '92 delivered a very interesting lecture on "Police and Detective Forces in New York City" before a large gathering in the Living Room of the Union last evening. He explained the conditions of the detectives in New York and showed how difficult it was for them to be upright and efficient...
After this he made the supposition that England and Germany were at war, pointing out how little would be accomplished thereby, and how difficult it would be to accomplish that little...
...most prolonged and difficult labors was his work as editor of "A History of All Nations," published in 24 volumes and contributed to by the most eminent historians in Europe and America. He has also written many articles of importance for classical and archaeological magazines. He was at one time secretary, and later president, of the American Philological Association, his work bringing him into wide acquaintance with the other great philologists of America. For ten years he was editor of the American Journal of Archaeology; he has likewise edited the Classical Quarterly and the Classical Review. Two years...