Word: essayed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...work of the examination for Plan II will consist of one, two or three essays on topics of the student's own choosing. The examination period of three hours is to be divided among these topics as the student wishes. The student will be expected to show in his examination paper knowledge of the books he has read from the list for Plan II. One essay may be a critical book review. At the head of his paper, however, he shall list the courses in American History and in American Literature which he has taken or is taking...
...stopped writing, leaned back in his chair, and gazed up at the queer stained-glass windows that lighted the Hall. He was tired of working at high speed, and the muscles of his right hand had frozen. He would rest a minute before putting the finishing touches on his essay. He took a hasty glance at his watch. Ten minutes of twelve. Why, in an hour and ten minutes he'd be boarding a train at South Station to carry him to the City and to this January's journey...
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...study of their pioneering ancestors. The dimensions of the book are extraordinary. The 28 chapters are subdivided into 209 sections, covering commercial cities from Carthage to Chicago, war makers from Crassus to Krupp, business failures from John Law to the Van Sweringens. There is a warmly-written, fact-laden essay on medieval Liibeck, centre of the Hanseatic League, sections devoted to business in Venice and Florence, to booms & crashes in Nurnberg, Antwerp, Bremen, the rise and fall of the Fuggers, the spectacular careers of Jacques Coeur, financier of Joan of Arc, and of Gresham, who backed Queen Elizabeth...
Following such introductory lists, the main body of the essay should be a readable narrative of the high spots of the season, covering not only the races but other matters such as the progress of the coaching system, amusing or unusual incidents during the training season or the races themselves, and any new developments or experiments in equipment...