Word: minor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...remedy their wrongs but they have been unsuccessful. A bill was prepared some time ago by Professor Thayer, Dr. Austin Abbott and Mr. Garrett. They were aided by lawyers and Indian specialists. The bill was presented to Congress by Mr. Dawes, against his desire; it was referred to a minor committee and no action has been taken on it. Last Monday, it was again brought up and this meeting was called to support...
Life opens with a cry and ends with a sigh, and throughout it all there is a minor key. Every one has his troubles; each life its rainy and gloomy days. But God paints the rain-bow only on the clouds, and the Christian rejoices in those trials that give him a greater supremacy over himself and open larger possibilities for the future...
...Derby to celebrate a third century victory over the Romans, and in 1829 the game there is described as played between parishes and as a kind of "cross-country" affair, with more than a thousand players. "Broken shins, broken heads, torn coats, and lost hats are among the minor accidents of this fearful contest." The eyewitness of this game goes on to say, "the crowd is encouraged by respectable persons attached to each party, who take a surprising interest in the result of the day's sport...
...notably that for second horn in the next to the last movement and one for clarionet near the beginning. The orchestra did not seem in their best form in this last number; several careless mistakes marred the rendering of the programme from a critical standpoint, but these came in minor details so that they did not have a material effect...
Below is given the course of study as proposed by Administrative Board of the Scientific School, and as adopted by the Faculty, although it should be said that a few minor changes may be made later...