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Severn was the only person with Keats when he died. On Feb. 24, 1821, Severn wrote in his diary, which is included in Against Oblivion: "He is gone. He died with the most perfect ease. He seemed to go to sleep. On the 23rd, Friday, at half-past four, the approach of death came on. 'Severn- I - lift me up for I am dying. I shall die easy. Don't be frightened! Thank God it has come...
...People's Chance. Thus did a nation of 3,000,000 people, living in a jungle-and-mountain land as big as California, clean their house. A cynical Ecuadorian once told Author Ludwig Bemelmans: "We have a revolution here every Thursday afternoon at half-past two and our Government is run like a nightclub." But last week's uprising, which gave the country its 14th President in 15 years, was more than a nightclub brawl. A popular movement with democratic aspirations had overthrown an unpopular government with dictatorial inclinations. Velasco Ibarra still had to prove that he would...
...thousands of small incidents, Simenon's novels never fail to show a "customary air of slow-motion absent-mindedness." But they were written-usually on his canal boat Ostrogoth)-at rates varying from four days to one month per novel. Says Simenon: "I get up at half-past five; go on deck; start typing at six, with either a bottle of brandy or white wine at my side; and write a chapter an hour until noon, when I go on land and lie down in the grass, exhausted...
...basis for reforms in the matters of laboratory hours and reading periods, much befuddlement will be prevented in the election of courses and concentration fields. Athletes, especially, have in the past been shoved willynilly into non-scientific courses simply because laboratory attendants must get home for supper at half-past five. Only a few mental giants have ever used their work on the gridiron to attain a fuller understanding of comparative anatomy, and the principle underlying the use of sliding seats in shells avails little in passing Physics C laboratory requirements. Similarly, lengthening of reading pariods will help group...
...toss was won by Princeton, and the game promptly began at half-past two. A heavy wind was blowing against our team. For some time the ball was kept in the centre, until a fine run by Houston, and another by Bacon, brought it well up to Princeton's goal. After some sharp playing on both sides, the ball was passed to Holmes, who, by a fine rush, secured the first touchdown for Harvard. Captain Cushing attempted to kick it over the goal, but failed, amidst shouts of joy by the supporters of Princeton. Soon after, the referee called time...