Word: exacting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...authority. That chemical changes and mathematical equalities will always remain the same is, to the scientist indisputable. That this authority should be introduced into the moral and intellectual world is the wish of broad-minded men of the present day. As organic development has been achieved in the exact sciences so are its beneficial effects needed in the less tangible divisions. An organism of culture, in other words is, or should be, the goal of modern advances in all branches of knowledge. In seeking the best methods for reaching such an end, we instinctively look at the past, in order...
...exact plans have not as yet been fully decided upon but some idea of the grounds can be had from those proposed. The meadow where the field will lie is south-west of Brown Hall, and the approach to the field will be along the driveway in front of Edwards Hall. The main entrance, which will be elaborately ornamented with a large gateway, will be at the north-east corner. A large building is to be placed near the entrance, on which will be a tablet bearing an inscription in memory of Brokaw. This building may be used...
...yesterday the most exaggerated rumors were flying about the college concerning the management of the sale of tickets for the Yale game, and it is due to all parties that an exact statement of the facts in the case be made. In the first place there was ignorance as the exact number of seats put on sale and as to the reasons why more seats were not offered. Of the 4,500 seats on the Harvard side of the field, 1,000 were exacted by the municipal authorities of Springfield before a permit for the game would be issued...
...diction is fairly exact - although there are several marked errors. For instance, a man doesn't "use swear-words", he "swears" or he "cusses." And we wonder, also, when a "girl's deep blue eye twinkles with humor," what she does with the other. Possibly she winks it! The whole thing is a marionette show in which the principal puppets are manipulated in an unskillful manner. The author of the story has shown himself capable of far better work...
...short phrases worked to a climax and ending, then, quietly, in a soft passage. The second movement is odd in every way, even in its name, "Valse Melancholique," itself a seeming contradiction. The waltz time is sustained but the music is rather funereal than bright. The third movement, the exact opposite of the second, is a "scherzo." There is no regular theme, but an entanglement of a lot of minor ideas which produce no impression but that of confusion. The final movement, a theme with variations, is a technical work of little interest to the ordinary hearer...