Word: dimly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sentry boxes in which watchmen took refuge during rough weather, and I remember that these boxes were an unfailing source of amusement to the young bloods of the day, who frequently turned them over when the occupants were inside. There were oil lamps in the streets, and their dim light was favorable to pranks and crime...
...light in the theatre had become dim and throughout the hall intense faces leaned forward to catch President Eliot's every word and expression as he spoke of his experiences as a student, a teacher and an officer of Harvard. As he ended with his appeal to the graduates and undergraduates of Harvard to serve their country "with devotion and sacrifice in peace as well as war," the applause broke out again and lasted until long after he had left the platform with his escort to proceed to the Yard and receive the greetings of the student body...
Beneath Cardinal Mercier's roof at Malines have been held sundry conversations relative to the dim possibility of a merger between the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches. Vigilant patriots of England have pestered the Archbishop of Canterbury (Randall Davidson) for "explanations." Dr. Davidson said nothing. Consequently he has been denounced as a "traitor," "idolater," "conspirator." But last week he finally stated that the conversations amounted to nothing. The uproar subsided...
...assured after infinite effort, may be converted into utter defeat by a single play. To say that this was the case last Saturday is no discredit to Brown, for a football game is decided by the score and not by the efforts of critics who analyze afterward. Nothing can dim the lustre of a victory gained in a stern chase and gained for the second year in succession...
...abdominal). It is applied to blood specimens, cultures of tissues from the body of a patient, or even to samples of his handwriting! The tests may be conducted in absentia with the patient 3,000 miles away. For best results the samples must be taken under certain prescribed conditions?dim light, no red in room, patient facing west! The specimens are placed on aluminum electrodes in a small, round box called a "dynamizer," connected by an elaborate wiring system with a "rheostat dynamizer" for amplifying the reactions, a " vibratory rate rheostat" and a "measuring rheostat" for determining the wave rate...