Word: less
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...eager throng is surging to and for in front of a long, low window; men are crowding and elbowing each other; old hags are pointing toward the glass, and croaking to one another; pretty women are gazing with white faces of pity, but with none the less thirsty greediness, upon some fascinating spectacle; little children are being held aloft in strong arms, that they too may see the dreadful thing, and they do see, and they toss their tiny, wavering arms aloft and crow right gleefully. The objects of Interest are four corpses, which are lying upon iron frameworks behind...
Thus I remained for some time. Then a change came over me. I began to grow less and less conscious of sights and sounds around me; I thought less and less of my strange situation, and cared less and less what would become of me. At last the lethargy mastered my senses completely. I had a sensation of falling through endless space, and then my consciousness passed away...
...could be shown that '87 subscribed $900 less than the average amount required to run a freshman crew, then perhaps no fault could be found with the management. But if '87 paid as much to support its freshman crew as classes generally do, (and I for one, think that it paid even more), then it seems to me that there is no reason for the shameful running into debt, except the almost criminal blundering of the manager...
...student members of the committee shall be elected by secret ballots at polls kept open not less than one day. The votes of each class shall be counted by the president and secretary of the class, assisted by a member or members of the faculty appointed by the chairman of the committee...
...course of his very interesting remarks, he said;- " I have had three sons in Harvard, and as far as I know they came out unscathed; and the three more boys, that I am going to send, I shall send with even more hope and a great deal less anxiety...