Word: light
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...play opens with the scene at the palace of Agamemnon at Argos, when the Watchman sees the beacon light that announces the fall of Troy. As he proclaims the good news to the people in the palace, twelve old men of Argos, who form the chorus, come on the stage, chanting as they march. They remain on the stage throughout the play, and in their choral odes express the popular feeling of the men of Argos in regard to the events portrayed there. Agamemnon soon returns from Troy, bringing in his train the Trojan captive, Cassandra, of whom Clytaemnestra...
...June 13, 1906.--All the Harvard crews had light work today. In the morning the University eight rowed down stream at an easy pace for about 1 1-4 miles. The water was a little rough and Filley kept the stroke at 28, only raising it once for a few strokes...
This morning all four crews were given light work. They were sent out at 11.45 o'clock, and rowed down stream about a mile and a half returning to Red Top in easy stretches. J. Cutler stroked the Freshman eight-oar and Reece the Freshman four...
Following is the program for the Pop Concert at Symphony Hall this evening: 1 March, "Black Bess" Strube 2 Waltz, "Blue Danube" Strauss 3 Selection, "Prince of Pilsen" Luders 4 a On Rogers Steps b Take Me Back to Tech 5 Overture, "Light Cavalry" Suppe 6 a Retrospection b The Best School of All 7 Firefly Idyll Linke 8 a The Janitors' Union b The Stein Song Bullard, Tech '87 9 Overture, "The Freshman", Show, 1906 Tech 10 Selection, "Yankee Consul" Robyn 11 Pizzicato from Ballet Music, "Sylvia" Delibes 12 Teufelsmarsch Suppe
...quarter-mile dash, but the finish guessers gave him the hook and awarded first place to Verdi, who shattered the inter-paper record by 10 seconds, killing the quarter in 56 7-8s. Fast time in the broad jump and weight events was prevented by the light breeze, which blew diagonally across the course...