Word: exam
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...British, Revolutionary War babies/Harvard students wanted to teach the administration a lesson when it introduced a new regulation in 1790 calling for an annual public examination of the students. Students, who were decidedly ticked off by the situation, planned a way to get back at the people behind the exam and prevent it from happening...
...morning of the first day of the exam, April 12, 1790, a group of students dropped 600 grains of tartar emetic into the cooking boilers in the kitchen. When the 150-plus crowd of students and officers showed up for breakfast, their coffee included water with that special twist. With the exception of four or five people, everyone turned ill, including the students behind the plot, who had drunk extra coffee in order to avoid getting caught. Unfortunately for them, they had taken pains, literally, for no reason. They were caught and suspended for their actions...
...with the elbow of your twirling hand, with hand, elbow and shoulder forming an isosceles triangle. If you are in lecture, tilt your head to one side and stare into space, to show that your complete mastery of the material renders taking notes unnecessary. If you are taking an exam, furrow your brow and stare intently at your blue book. This gives the impression that you need to twirl just to keep your massive brain busy...
...then took the back end of the home-and-home series a month later in Hanover, 69-67. Those two losses, coupled with a 72-62 loss at Columbia, left the Crimson 1-3 in the Ivy League and virtually out of contention before the exam break even started...
...then took the back end of the home-and-home series a month later in Hanover, 69-67. Those two losses, coupled with a 72-62 loss at Columbia, left the Crimson 1-3 in the Ivy League and virtually out of contention before the exam break even started...