Word: distinctively
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Crimson. The difficulty seems to rest on the misunderstanding as to whether Harvard or Columbia was to have had the privilege of naming the hour as well as the day of the race. Harvard refused to row at the hour set by Columbia. Consequently, according to the distinct understanding of the Harvard crew, by mutual consent it was decided that the race should not be rowed. The Harvard crew left New London with this understanding. On account of the failure of the crew to appear on the day named Mr. Watson, the referee, decided that (since Columbia denied any agreement...
...building, but the real estate which Girard gave, in trust, to the city for the support of the college, has increased in value, so that it yields annually in rents $800,000, and it is constantly growing more productive. The college grounds contain 41 acres, with about 40 distinct buildings for the use of the pupils, including a chapel, dormitories and laboratories. More than one thousand orphans are here instructed, fed, clothed and cared for in every particular by the various officers of the college. They are taken at the early age of six years, some of them ignorant...
...leaned further forward, close to the gleaming bald-head, and said in tones clear and distinct: "Isn't it about time for the curtain to rise, father?" . . . I have n't been to the theatre since. I don't enjoy it as much as some folks do. I don't think it's quite moral...
...requisite preliminaries having been settled and the prescribed melancholy formalities gone through, the usual question was put: "Wilt thou have this woman for thy wife?" To which the rash youth answered, "I will," in a clear and distinct voice. He then put the fatal ring on Miss Smith's finger, the hymeneal noose was adjusted, and the poor fellow was launched into matrimony...
...draw from his pocket a revolver and point it at some invisible mark. I tried to shriek for help; I tried to move. I might as well have been a statue. Then I saw the revolver snatched from him by a hand; I saw a face, distinct and clear as his own - a face whose every line is deeply imprinted on my memory; I saw that face light up with a smile of exultation, and that hand pressed on the trigger; I saw Stephen fall heavily - dead! But the revolver made no noise...