Word: dimmed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Ireland's gift to Widener is a letter Stevenson wrote her husband in reply to a note informing Stevenson of the source of some allusions in "A Gossip on Romance," a magazine article of 1883 written by the English literary man on his dim recollections of some stories his parents read to him when a boy. The third point he makes is more generally interesting and amusing than the first two. The point of the letter is that Mr. Ireland had, as he himself declared, addressed the epistle with "inspired stupidity" to "Mr. R. L. Stephenson." The letter reads...
...announced yesterday; and the treasurer's annual report was published showing an alarming increase in the deficit. If there is such a thing as a psychological moment, this is the time for an undergraduate vote. Let the matter drag along until the next Student Council meeting in the dim future, and the interest which has been aroused may then be languishing or dead. Possibly the question of hat-bands is more important; but it is to be regretted that the absence of a member or members prevented consideration of a matter of only slightly less importance. A special meeting ought...
...prospects for Princeton's hockey team next year are even more dim then Yale's, for six regulars and one substitute will be lost through graduation. They are Captain W. S. Kuhn, H. A. H. Baker, F. H. Winants, E. B. Kilner, T. Emmons, and J. R. MacColl, and Laughlin, substitute goal...
Owing to the comparatively dim light in the Cage, the baseball management this year has decided to abolish such rigorous batting practice as has been held in former years. The pitchers will not be allowed to use great speed and curves in throwing to the batters in the Cage practice, but when the squad begins working out on the diamond the batters will be put against hard pitchers. It is hoped that this system will develop a nine of unusually well-balanced batting ability...
...trains in New York, instead of increasing the size of the copper feeder which would be a very expensive step. A number of these Tungsten lamps have already been tried out, but until they are used throughout, the present trouble will remain. The carbon filaments of the lamps grow dim and almost go out when the train starts, due to the excessive voltage drop in the third rail. The superiority of the Tungsten lamp lies in the fact that its candlepower varies considerably less in proportion to the change in the third rail voltage