Word: fallen
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Zopf und Schwert" is a romance of court life in Berlin. The Prince of Baireuth persuades his sister to receive a French master recommended to her by her brother, without the knowledge of anyone. The prince meanwhile has fallen desperately in love with the portrait of a princess whom the Queen desires to see married to the Prince of Wales. The latter is momentarily expected to arrive at Berlin and is preceded by an ambassador, from whom the Prince of Baireuth discovers that the entire plan of the marriage is part of a trade between the two countries. This news...
...Prince of Baireuth persuades his sister to receive secretly a French master recommended to her by her brother. Meanwhile the prince has fallen in love with a picture of a princess, whom the Queen desires to see married to the Prince of Wales. When the latter is expected to come to Berlin and is preceded by an ambassador, the Prince of Baireuth discovers that the marriage depends on the acceptance of a commercial treaty. This he communicates to the princess, who is being held under surveillance for having received the French master. Intrigue follows intrigue and the prince is banished...
...finals on Saturday were held under the worst possible weather conditions. Rain had fallen all the morning and had covered the track with pools of water. A driving wind and more rain continued until the last event of the day, the final of the 220-yard dash. Considering the conditions, the performances in the finals were fully up to the average intercollegiate standard...
...wonderful running of deSelding in the quarter, and the good work of Bangs and Little in the shot-put and of Harwood in the high jump were the principal cause of Harvard's good showing in the meet. More points would have been scored if Gardner had not fallen on the ninth hurdle in the 220-yard low-hurdle race and Blumer had not snapped a ligament in his thigh in the 220-yard dash...
...Thursday the outfielders on the University baseball squad were given out-door practice catching files on the scrub football field. The pitchers commenced throwing curves on Wednesday, and since then have shown poor control, although some of them have good speed. The batting has been fair, but has fallen off since the middle of the week, due largely to the use of curves...