Word: longer
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...believe, however, that the present state of things cannot continue much longer. Difficult as it now is to arrange the schedule of examinations, every increase in the number of courses of instruction and the constant growth in the enrolment of all departments will make the task a harder one, unless the period is lenghtened...
...appreciable inconvenience to them. In fact there appears to be no objection to the plan from any source. It seems, therefore, that the convenience of a number of the patrons of the office and the occasional advantage to nearly every one, which would result from the longer office-hours, should bring about the proposed change...
...horrible cruelty, savage ferocity, and brutal lust, such as is unsurpassed in the history of the relations of man to man. It is no exaggeration to say that in about a year and a half sixty thousand martyrs have suffered at the hands of the fierce Turks. No longer ago than Saturday there came news of further outrages by the Kurds in the valley of the Euphrates, the destruction of a whole town and the exile of its inhabitants, the slaughter of 1500 people, and the wounding of 3000 more...
...management have decided to prolong the stay of Rip Van Winkle a week longer than was originally proposed,- therefore the opera will be seen at the Castle Square all next week...
...Glee Club showed the result of careful training, and the rendering of their songs was worthy of a longer programme...