Word: length
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After keeping his eye on a red light which determined the length of each tone, Heifetz said, "most of the time it was too long. I hope it was all right...
...test of only an hour's length, it is the man who can reason the quickest and have the subject at the tips of his fingers who will come our on top. Yet this places a high premium on one type of student, and explains why so many people with thoroughness rather than equickness, originality rather than powers of memory, do not have a chance to show their ability in an hour exam. But given an essay to prepare outside of class, all the various talents of each individual manifest themselves; initiative in research, originality in approach, clarity of organization...
...Bates with out getting slugged in the head," he explained, "in one of the most unfair method ever used on a man. . . . Without boasting, by using fists and skull and without weapons of any sort, I can whip Amos Allen on less street-space in Greenup than the length of his body. . . . The blood I shed from the three wounds was more than a quart. . . . For every drop of blood I shed - yes, for every red, sticky drop - I shall write 10,000 words in ink exposing this 'gang' work in Greenup County...
...afternoon regatta Rowe's boat finished a length ahead of its nearest competitor after taking an early lead over the mile course. Stroke Wagner's boat was in second place, closely followed by the swingers paced by Comstock. Jack Wilson's aggregation was clocked in fourth place...
...subject of the University's relations with the public, and particularly the recent disturbances in Cambridge, Curley talked at some length, enunciating each word with sermon-like emphasis...