Word: hinting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...century B. C. into the modern language of the street. The translator gives us a spicy bit of reading, but it is a question whether he has not gone too far in his desire to be true to his author. We are inclined to think that there is a hint of an anachronism here, but, however that may be, we have no difficulty in understanding Aristophanes through the medium of such a translation...
...scholarships, the Merrick scholarship is added, and the statement is also made that recipients of the Price Greenleaf Aid may be called upon to perform a certain amount of service as monitors or laboratory assistants. The prices of a few rooms in Wadsworth House have been increased, and no hint is given as to rent of rooms in the new dormitory...
...parliamentary rule passed completely unnoticed. The following were nominated as marshals for the torchlight procession: Clark, Cromwell, fiske, Kidder, Rowley, Thompson and Watriss. After the tellers, Messrs. Cabot and Robbins, had been appointed, some one suggested that the class had signified no intention of marching in any procession. The hint was eagerly caught up and it was voted by a large majority to march with the Republican procession on Oct. 24. The freshmen then with due modesty, apparently thinking it presumption to vote for three candidates, limited themselves to one each, and it was decided that the three candidates having...
...tied in the eighth inning as to toss his hat high in the air, and did not recover his equanimity until one of the spectators, more impartially disposed than the rest, reminded him of the office he was supposed to fill. For his sake, we should also like to hint mildly that an umpire's business does not consist in coaching the members of a team in whose interest college ties bind him. In short, the nine has every reason to feel aggrieved at their treatment, and we are only sorry that a game was arranged at all with...
...matter, whosoever they may be. Are we to run serious risks of having our arms, legs or head smashed by a lot of careless, dare-devil youngsters? A policeman or two, hired by the college, would very soon put an end to the nuisance. Let up hope the hint will be taken...