Word: likely
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...final denouement, the fierce Abu Abdela, at the point of the sword, makes the Grand Inquisitor take Kazooka for his bride, much to the stately official's chagrin, while Gitana and her mother lead off poor Carlos by the ears. The ending, like that of all comic operas, is, of course, most happy, and Don Manuel, the virtuous Alcayde finally wins the hand of the orphan maid, Farina...
...third advantage is that a court like this could not fail to have a great and beneficial influence upon international law. Temporary courts are not only by their nature incapable of laying down principles but by varying and uncertain decisions may even multiply causes of dispute, but the permanent court is bound to lay down principles...
...Church of St. Nicholas, which stood on a hill in the town, once served as a landmark for incoming vessels by day, and there is a legend that at night two great carbuncles set in the walls of the church flamed forth like beacons. The most interesting ruins are those of the Church of the Holy Ghost, a peculiar eight-sided building of two stories...
...written and thoughtful analysis of the "Dramas of Herman Sudermann," by Gaillard T. Lapsley. After critically reviewing the principal plays of that author, the writer characterizes Suderman as powerful, though ineffective through diffusion. The coarseness and obsceneness so evident in the plays are excused on the ground that Sudermann, like all Germans, was not so sensitive to this sort of thing as are the English speaking people...
...examinations, and that there are more outside distractions in these weeks than at any other time of the year. The temptation to cut lectures and generally abandon one's study for out door amusements is strong. If a man doesn't combat this influence the four weeks will seem like four days, and he will find himself wholly unprepared. He will be inclined to put the blame on the late vacation, but the fault will generally...