Word: nigh
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...sectors we do all our work at nigh without lights and at a fair risk. It's all chance, anyway. If the Germans land a shell in the dark on general theory that something ought to be on that road, at that spot, at that time, and you are there-you get it. That's all. But there are lots of roads and they are long Some cross-roads get special attention right along, and that brings me to tell you of an incident that happened the other night...
...with other subjects pursued at the same time. These are apt to be regarded as of lesser importance as outlying parts of the curriculum of the school somewhat arbitrarily forced upon the student, and not of direct value commensurate with the things needed in professional life. It is well-nigh impossible, for example, to persuade a student of law, medicine, or engineering that literature is for him a serious matter, on a par with his technical work. General subjects are, therefore, likely to be neglected or treated lightly when studied in a school primarily professional. When, on the other hand...
...whole population is barely being saved from sheer starvation; in northern France the wretched non-combatants are in as pitiful a plight; in Servia, disease of the most malignant and deadly character adds its destructive powers to lack of food and shelter; Poland, harried by the contending hosts, well nigh fails to make its lamentable condition known...
Every member of the editorial aggregation played in major league style. "Steamship" Hall held the opposing stick-wielders in awe-struck submissiveness, while "Red" stiles hung onto his hot stuff with well-nigh sublime efficiency. In the field, "Wild West" Ingram brought exclamations of delight to the lips of every beholder, and accepted the most difficult chances with utter sang froid. Prexy Graves was a demon at the bat, and scampered around the bags like a yearling gazelle; and "Duffy" Lewis came through with a three-bagger every once in a while...
...this year in having to face in his races the keenest competition of years, but nevertheless he always finished well up despite his comparative lack of experience. He has run better with each succeeding race, and with the added strength of another year's running should prove a well-nigh invincible...