Word: hot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...watched the demon of the sea; and from whose tongues the off-told tale slipped readily over a mug of ale in the smoky seamen's taverns. Weird and fearful were those stories, none the less so because the visible proofs of their truth were always lacking. Long and hot would be the resulting arguments; the scoffers declaring that the supposed monster was only an unusually large whale a school of dolphins, or a mass of drifting kelp. But the believers shook their heads, asserting that no one could tell what the sea might hide...
...because it's so deep, and you sit in the fore-chains day after day, and see the sun rise almost afraid because the sea's so lonely. . . . And there are noises under the sea, and sounds overhead in a clear sky. Then you find your island alive with hot, moist orchids that make months at you and can do everything except talk. There's a waterfall in it three hundred feet high, just like a sliver of green jade laced with silver; and millions of wild bees live up in the rocks; and you can hear the fat cocoanuts...
...Hot-house methods are in order on the University hockey squad this week. The extremely short practice periods allowed because of the popularity of the Arena with skaters from several colleges, and the difficulties of shaping a team in less than one week to meet a seven which has been at top trim for more than a month call for strenuous effort. Alfred Winsor '05 was on the ice again last night, giving his aid to Coach William H. Claflin '15, and the twenty-five minutes of smashing scrimmage was featured by the fastest work yet shown by the Crimson...
During the Christmas Recess the Union will be open every day from 8 A. M. until 10 P. M. for the use of members who remain in Cambridge. Light refreshments and cold meals may be ordered at any time, while hot meals will be served for any number of men who apply at least two hours in advance. Special dinners are to be served on Christmas and New Year's days if enough applications are received at the manager's office to warrant such action. The regular meals will end with luncheon today and be resumed with breakfast, January...
Members of the Union will have free access to this building every day from 8 A. M. to 10 P. M. during the recess. Light refreshments, cold breakfasts, luncheons and dinners may be ordered at any time, and hot meals will be served for any number of men who apply for them at least two hours in advance. On Christmas and New Year's days, special dinners may be served if enough men put in applications at the manager's offices to warrant it. The last regular meal at the Union will be luncheon on Wednesday, December 22, and regular...