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Word: dire (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...constant noise kept up, but the actors and actresses were guyed and annoyed, often most insultingly, and had it not been for the courage of the chief actress, who finally refused to proceed with her part until quiet had been restored, the performance might have ended in dire confusion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letter from Dr. Bowditch. | 12/10/1894 | See Source »

...league this year and from the Mott Haven games next season. Unless a dual league is formed, therefore, we will be out of all systematized intercollegiate athletics, since in view of the new regulation Princeton will hardly propose a triple league. But after all, what of this? Hardly such dire results, we believe, as some fear. Harvard certainly has never been in so favorable a position for restricting her athletics as she is today. It is absurd, too, to suppose that she will lack contestants, even though she be a member of no league. Her position is such before...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/16/1890 | See Source »

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