Word: hysterica
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Spring practice could, by stretching a point, be called a manifestation of the hysterica! desire for victory that characterizes much alumni pressure. But other sports, which have not gone "big-time," also have out-of-season practice. The crew sweeps the Charles all fall and plugs away in the tanks during the winter. And the basketball, hockey, and baseball teams all open their practice a good time before the regular season begins. Spring football practice, if it is not made so grueling as to interfere with a student's work or does not become an absolute prerequisite for participation...
Alice in Wonderland, loved these many years by doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief, was also loved by a newspaperman-very, very much. The offshoot of the affair was a daughter, also Alice, who started her pilgrimage through North Hysterica just as her mother's manuscript body was being cruelly contested by the book-collectors. Once in the Delighted States, by way of the stem of a drinking glass, Alice Jr. revolved with the Rotarians round a luncheon table, but when she refused to make a speech the Rotarian next to her feared the girl was moody: "That comes from being...
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