Word: mains
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...that carries character, episode and feeling across the footlights, and his command of emotion save him. The best of the playwrights in their twenties see and feel, much more than they design and elaborate. Most of their characters are bound to be sketches, as Mr. Sheldon's in the main are. The actors and the stage manager, when they are of such mettle as Mrs. Fiske and her company, do the rest...
...main work was done on the summit of the mound. Here a great Roman stair 80 feet in width was discovered in June. At the top of the stairway is a large paved area flanked by massive walls, on which were found the inverted bases of four columns. Beyond the paved platform, there are probably the remains of a temple. To the west of the stairway a chamber 20 by 40 feet in size was found partly cut in the rock. A large pit in the floor was not explored because of lack of time. At the foot...
...main work was done on the summit of the mound. The walls discovered show that massive and important buildings of various periods stood here. A broad stairway is Roman, at the foot of which were found an altar, two small culumns bearing Latin inscriptions, and the figure of a Roman emperor in marble. At one side of the stairway there is a large vaulted chamber cut partly in the rock. Remains of Greek and Roman pottery were found in great quantities...
...same plan as last season's shell, which was also the gift of Mr. Baylies, and built by Sims. After the trial, it will probably be rigged over upon the same lines as the present shell, which was used in the victorious race with Yale last June. The main difference in the appearance of the English shell from those built in this country is in the arrangement of the thwarts, which are placed in two distinct alternating rows. The advantage claimed by this arrangement of the seats is that greater and longer inboard leverage can thus be obtained...
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