Word: moment
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...life thoroughly. In "The Treasure of Carvaernon" (the name in the story itself is spelled Carvaeron), Mr. Walcott gives us a good old-fashioned "Gothic" tale, with secret door, mysterious staircase, damp, dark passage, etc., etc., even to the coincidence which brings the final disaster just at the right moment to catch the characters in the story. Mr. Jackson's "Point of View" is a short, vivid, and fairly amusing sketch of Western life. "Paraffine Percy," by Mr. Douglas, is the one piece of real distinction in the number. Even this would be better--nonsense though...
Certain amendments added at the last moment make the permit less desirable than was expected. They provide that all the digging shall be done by the Cambridge Street Department, that all work connected with sewage shall be done by the Sewer Department, and that all water pipe work shall be done by the Water Department. All expenses including that for work done by the City Department are to be borne by the University...
...gentlemen of the town are continually playing practical jokes which would now be regarded as social errors rather than as marks of a cultivated intellect. The Londoner, a French barber, launches into the society in the disguise of a French count and becomes the social lion of the moment. He succeeds in winning the hand of the "younger lady of culture," and the complications which ensue are most amusing and possibly not out of date...
...should be housed in a perfectly fireproof building, and, what is of almost equal consequence, that they should be in the custody of those who know how to preserve and handle manuscripts. If the material is to be placed at the disposal of students it is of no little moment that the place chosen for disposal shall be in close proximiy to as many other places of research as possible--that the lesson of this manuscript or that one may be studied in the light of collateral material, either in printed books or in manuscripts whch the students may find...
...special tickets for this entertainment will be issued, as last year, but it is hoped that those who attend will arrive early enough to prevent any crowding or confusion at the last moment. The doors will be closed at five minutes past the hour...