Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Harvard Observatory, the students in the astronomy classes will assist in making observations on the meteor shower, which will probably be visible at that time. During the evening, the meteors will appear to be coming from the eastern horizon; and towards Sunday morning they will radiate from a point a little to the southeast of the zenith, in the constellation of Leo. This point will rise about midnight. If the weather is favorable, photographs will be taken to determine the height above the surface of the earth at which the meteors first become visible...
...hour this afternoon Yale's practice was secret but during the later part spectators were admitted. The 'varsity lined up against the college eleven and made a fine showing. The college eleven were unable to gain except around the ends, which seem to be Yale's vulnerable point, while the 'varsity gained at will. No one was injured in the practice...
Other scores Saturday: Brown 24, Newton A. A. O; Amherst 6, Williams 6; Princeton 57, Lafayette 0; Cornell 45, Penn. State College 0; West Point 48, Lehigh 6; Newtowne 20, North Shore 0; Groton 7, St. Marks 2; Bates 30, Phillips Exeter 0; Hotchkiss 6; Yale...
...football team, having entered upon the regulation week of secret practice before the big game of the season, has reached a point where little more can be done to develop it. As a result, most men who know a little, and a great many who know nothing, about football seem to be falling, as usual, into the dangerous habit of prophecy...
...quarter of a mile from the finish Goodrich's boat had caught and passed Perkins's crew and was rapidly overhauling Adams. The latter, however, had his men well in hand and rowed easily and strong. At this point Goodrich ran the stroke up to about 40, and in the spurt cut down Adams's lead to three-quarters of a length. They finished in this order, although Goodrich's crew was coming fast at the end. Perkins's was a length behind, while Higginson's came on three length's farther back. No time was taken...