Word: pleasantly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...warm, pleasant days of the last two weeks have been the harbingers of an active revival in tennis. A number of courts have already been marked out, and the devotees of this popular game are eager to embrace every possible chance to play. The fact of this renewed interest again calls attention to the Tennis Club and the disputes of last fall. Not only are the policy and rules of the association matters for immediate action, but another question presents itself for serious consideration-that of the conflicting claims of the club and the men who play tennis but have...
...ventilation of the reading-room of the library has been execrable of late, despite the fact that the warm, pleasant weather outside gives no excuse for such over-careful confinement of the air. It would seem as if enough had been said on this subject already to effect a reform, but the generous advice seems to have made so little impression on the "janitorial" authorities of that building that we can hardly conceive of more insane stupidity on their part or more wilful inattention to the desires of the frequenters of the reading-room...
Preparations are being made for a lively commencement; several new departures will be introduced into the class day exercises, and an unusually pleasant time is anticipated...
...vociferous match-boy has come again with the pleasant weather and his renewed effrontery...
...world, there is almost no doubt at all. Steam is fast coming to supercede all other methods of heating; and, if a practically scientific method of steam-heating were adopted for Harvard's dormitories, there need be no occurrence of the disagreeable symptoms of leakage and noise. Moreover, the pleasant appearance and advantages for ventilation of open fire-places need not be lost. There would be no occasion for removing them from the buildings...