Word: expertly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Pope Manufacturing Company's new "Expert" is made entirely of steel, with a moderately low head and hollow forks. The adjustments to the ball bearings are on the inside, which renders the spread much less than usual...
...them to get to our editorial desk. And what a variety; enough to put the rats of Hamlin to shame; some, aggressive and pungent, others caustic and malicious, others again, whining and plaintive; one calls for the auditor's report, another for the bursar's; one asks for an expert, and another wants new directors. One writer tells us that, as we had had so much about Memorial, we need not insert his communication unless we wanted to. To this man we must confess ourselves infinitely obliged; really, we had never thought of such a thing as inserting his article...
...measure should be taken at once to solve the difficulty. Some, doubtless, still think that they have been the victims of a deceit practised upon them by the bursar or auditor, while others think that the troubles arise through the auditor's lack of experience. We suggest that an expert, or an experienced committee, be appointed who shall investigate the matter thoroughly. The expense attending this course would be comparatively light, and the association would gladly bear it if all the facts of the case could be brought to light...
...next I saw Lighthead joined to a band, more than two hundred strong, which was going to abide in Vanity Fair four years. And the burden of books that was upon him grew lighter as he went on; and he sought for knowledge in other ways. And he became expert in shuffling bits of pasteboard, covered with red and black spots; and he could tell the difference between the nut-brown ale of Vanity Fair and the red wine of Macon; and he no longer journeyed afoot, but in the wagon of one Shark. And Lighthead struggled often...