Word: nils
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...West is always the place for surprises, the place where new and strange experiments are tried. For in the long established and thickly settled parts of the country the spirit of conservatism is deeply set, the desire to make bold strides, to advance new ideas, almost nil; but in the west where the people are extremely energetic and unsurpassedly ready for change at least, and for improvement, where improvement is possible, all conservatism is quite unknown. And so we in the east study with interest what the west undertakes, and accomplishes, whether it be in politics, art, science, literature...
...rest assured that they will adopt it, if permitted to do so. It is very obvious that if the crews are all to abandon the regular Harvard stroke which has been proved to be the best one for a four mile race, their whole use would be merely nil; they would be worse than nothing at all, so far as helping to keep the university boat full of men is concerned. In view of these facts, we feel sure that we are voicing a sentiment which a great majority of the college feels when we ask that at the next...
...freshman who translated de mortuis nil nisi bonum: "From the dead nothing but bones," has a brilliant career awaiting him in the medical profession...
...Richter's office to get another card, but his door was likewise impervious. "Crushed again" would have aptly described my feelings as I went back to my lodging. Here I had been already three days at work and was just as far from matriculating as ever. However, although Nil desperandum is not the motto on my coat-of-arms, I resolved to adopt it on this occasion...
...convenience count as nil...