Word: look
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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ABOUT this time look out for coal-bills...
Character. - Decidedly aggressive. General who-yer-look'n'-at air. Strong sense of freedom and equality of all American citizens, - negroes and social inferiors excepted. Fondness for sporting, especially billiards and dog-fancying. Always ready to bet, - particularly if in possession of facts not known to general public. Astonishing stomachic capacity - especially for liquors. Unequalled powers of invective. Conversation replete with humorous anecdote, in some respects resembling that of Class I. Has frequently conceived aversion from cold water. Seldom congenial to persons of other classes. Not to be trusted...
This does not look as though the new course would be quite so soft as a bed of roses, but it presents an entirely new opportunity, and one not offered, we believe, anywhere else in this country, for those who wish to study carefully one of the most important subjects in the range of college work...
...CONTEMPORARY asks, - "Is mumps singular, or are they plural?" Both. When you get mumps on both sides of your face at once, they are plural, but they make a person look singular. - Niagara Index...
...supported by the best authority. However, it rests with each captain to pull the stroke that pleases him best, and the result of the races will judge it. Of the Matthews Six it is difficult to say much. They are more irregular than the other crews; but they look remarkably strong and capable of quantities of hard work. They are, by all odds, the heaviest crew. If the next three weeks' work brings them together, we venture to predict for them a front place in the race. The Weld crew are pulling the most finished stroke of any; how effective...