Word: levels
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...club was disbanded and one or two of our members expelled from the University. Think of that, free students of the West! Do you wonder that the Government is unpopular at the Russian Universities? Do you wonder that the power which grinds us down to the level of serfs of the Czar, with only a smattering of learning to separate us from the toiling mass, is detested and secretly defied? This is the reason why the Universities are such excellent field for the socialist propaganda; why St. Petersburg and Moscow and Kiev and Odessa and other institutions are furnishing young...
...hours should be made walkable. Especially is the need felt of some change in the long flag walk running the whole length of the yard. In places this walk is in worse condition than it would be without any flagging. In many cases the stones are out of the level or so worn that they hold the water in broad pools which it is impossible to avoid. The walk from University to the gate opposite the Post Office is in a similarly bad condition. These should receive immediate attention, the others should then be cared for as quickly...
This is what the Lasell Leaves, says about Memorial: "At dinner all reserve is cast off. Sallies of wit pass from one to another, and jokes are cracked at nay one's expense. All the men are on a level. Beck Hall and Holworthy sit at the table with College House, and pleasant remarks are exchanged by this representative of Boston elite, and that earnest, hard-working son of some country town...
...fact on the other side the return volley is immensely harder than it is in America. The advantage of this is obvious to anyone who has studied the game. In the American style of volleying, on the other hand, as the ball is seldom allowed to drop below the level of the net, the 'shaping' of the racket tells the receiver at once at what angle the ball is coming, and he is there to meet it. The low volley always keeps the ball low. I should recommend our players to take pains to acquire the low volley...
...time to 'place' his return, and the 'receiver' is at the disadvantage of not knowing until the ball has actually left his opponent's racquet where it is going. In the American style of volleying, on the other hand, as the ball is seldom allowed to drop below the level of the net, the 'shaping' of the racquet tells the 'receiver' at once at what angle the ball is coming, and he is there to meet it, and the 'striker' has to take the ball quickly and without having time to consider the most judicious play to return...