Word: grass
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...flower may possibly be a mere combination of grass, a whiff of vapor; but it is not also far more? What is to be said of its beauty, of the mystery surrounding its growth? The cross itself is but a couple of beams; but does this tell of it as a refuge for the sinner, as a triumphant emblem of faith? Surely this faith is the real thing, worth having, not the power to analyze that of others. Science has its place, but it has also its limitations. For one thing, the spiritual life cannot be weighed or measured...
...tournament will be played on grass courts. Prizes will be awarded to the winner of the tournament and to the winner of the championship match. Play will begin on Saturday at 2 p. m., and will continue on Monday at 10 a. m. All except the challenge match will be for the best two in three sets, the third only being advantage. The challenge match will be for the best three in five advantage sets...
After another act full of similar horse-play, in which the tramps are still more confused about their identity, the curtain rises for the last act upon the same scene as that with which the play began. Jau lies sleeping on the grass where Schluck finds him. Jau still thinks that he is the prince and orders Schluck to bring him some champagne. Schluck refuses and they are still quarreling when the hunters come out with the prince and Karl at their head. The party stops, the prince tells the men they have dreamed, throws them a purse and rides...
...possession of the University for many years, but until lately it was regarded as practically useless. A process of draining and filling in, however, has resulted in reclaiming it completely. As soon as more gravel is thrown on and about a foot of loam on top of the gravel, grass seed will be planted and the whole area will become as well adapted to athletics as Soldiers Field proper...
Norway maples, shrubs, and grass have been planted along the inside of the Harvard street fence and about the new Lodge. On the opposite side of the field, along the river bank, a double row of willows has been planted to serve as a wind break...