Word: exacting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...meeting of the members of the 'Varsity Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs last evening, P. G. Carleton '99 was elected manager of the clubs. A committee of three consisting of the presidents of the clubs was selected to determine upon the exact duties and powers of the manager...
Since this is the first year of this method a special rule will be made so that the luck of the draw among the teams whose exact place was not determined by the final series last year will be as small as possible. The Leiter Cups will not be awarded immediately to the leading team after the series is finished, but a special series will be held between the final number one and any teams which won all their games in the various rounds...
...exact date of the second trial, which will probably take place about the middle of next week, will be announced in Monday's CRIMSON...
...take a practical example. Several years ago the Corporation made the somewhat indefinite promise of a site in the yard for Phillips Brooks House. There was nothing at the time to cause much consideration of its exact position, or to suggest a possible qualification of the promise, and when the time came for a final decision they found themselves apparently tied to a selection which they did not fully approve, and which is now causing general disgust...
Second, history for Victor Hugo is merely stage setting. For neither his facts nor his sentiments are exact. But this use of history allows the poet to vary his scenes and costumes. And there is plenty of physical suffering in his plays...