Word: draw
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this expenditure, the required number of blue-books should be purchased by the College, and a suitable extra charge be made on the termbills. The saving effected by purchasing the books at wholesale would certainly be sufficient to cover all clerical expenses. The instructor could then before an examination draw a suitable number of blue-books and distribute them in the examination-room, where the men could write their names upon them at the opening of the examination. By this means the instructors would be saved the trouble of making repeated requests to have the books handed...
...fancy to behold the moon draw nigh...
...been on the field indulging in this game, and the Twelve, if we may believe report, is in very good condition, all things considered, and there is every prospect of a match with Columbia. While we are bound to regard with some jealousy any sport that is likely to draw away good material from the Eleven and Nine, and divide the interest to any considerable extent, still there seems to be room for all. So we wish those interested in Lacrosse all success, and shall watch their progress with much attention...
...laughter stopped; the strange movements ceased. Dead silence again. Stephen sat quietly by the fire, neither stirring nor speaking. I looked on in dumb amazement; and then, as I looked, I saw him rise to his feet, with a livid light in his eyes; I saw him 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...
...neighborhood of $475, which gives him a net income of $1,500 or more. And of these two men, the former is tolerably faithful in his attendance at the building of which he has charge; while the latter repeatedly absents himself and neglects his duty. Not to draw invidious comparisons, what professor has so easy a task...