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Word: fuses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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...various numbers and determining the different phases of the subject upon which greater or less stress should be placed; of selecting more than a score of authors to whom the compilation of the individual volumes has been entrusted; and of coordinating the whole into a homogeneous unit. Efforts to fuse together the handiwork of several literary craftsmen have not as a rule been wholly satisfactory: the outcome has too often been an encyclopoedic production, abounding in gaps and marred by glaring unevenness in quality. In The American Nation, however, Professor Hart has made it his editorial duty to have...

Author: By W. B. Munro ., | Title: Review of "The American Nation" | 3/17/1908 | See Source »

...present year. Professor Hasafad is explaining to his class of students the theory he holds in regard to a large rock at the base of the Leif Ericsson statue. He has obtained permission to blow it open in order that his theory may be tested. He lights the fuse and the geological party retires to a safe distance. The rock splits open and Leif and Turker step forth. Hasafad runs up and recognizes Leif Ericsson. He is elated over his discovery, although Professor Struse denies the identity of Leif, inasmuch as the man does not resemble the statue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Pi Eta Play. | 3/30/1901 | See Source »

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