Word: nets
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...leaving, from his total receipts, $2,400, an income of $1,800. The janitor of Weld receives from the College $1,000, and, as nearly as can be estimated, $1,000 from the students themselves. His total expenses are in the neighborhood of $475, which gives him a net income of $1,500 or more. And of these two men, the former is tolerably faithful in his attendance at the building of which he has charge; while the latter repeatedly absents himself and neglects his duty. Not to draw invidious comparisons, what professor has so easy a task...
...Lord! Save me! Save me! See, see! That form! Gone! Where am I? Who are you? A member of the Philosoph -? As Cromwell remarked at the battle of Bull Run, "This is a crowning mercy." Revenge is sweet! Verily, the spoiler is spoilt, the fowler snared in his own net. But no - soft you now! On maturer consideration, I won't kill you. I'll only give you a ticket to the lectures of the Philolog...
...service, otherwise good, which touches the net or poles, counts for nothing; but a return doing so is good...
...player loses a stroke should he touch the net or any of its supports, while the ball is in play; or should he volley the ball before it has passed the net...
...net shall be 4 feet high at the poles in the single-handed as well as in the four-handed game. The service line shall be 21 feet from the net instead of 22 feet...