Word: raid
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...accounts of the temple at Epidauros are of a comparatively late date, and come mainly from Liny, Strabo and Pausanias. Sulla plundered it in 87 B. C., to get money to pay his soldiers, and the temple never entirely recovered from his raid, although in the second century of our era enjoyed the favor of Antoninus Pius, who built baths within its precincts. After that the darkness of the middle ages settled upon Epidauros, and we do not hear of it again until the latter part of the last century, when it was visited first by Richard Chandler, and afterwards...
...have been entered and robbed and yet that nobody, not even those on duty, should have discovered the fact until late in the morning. There seems to be room here for a charge of neglect of duty against the night-watchmen. At any rate, we hope that the recent raid will cause a sharper lookout to be kept during the early morning hours. The students will undoubtedly be more careful after this severe reminder; those who have usually left their doors unlocked or open will be vigllant for a time, and then they will gradually fall back into their...
There has been considerable trouble at Yale lately in regard to the stealing of signs by the students. Last Saturday night, because of a contemplated raid by the police, 279 stolen signs were turned over to the authorities...
Notwithstanding the recent raid made on Town Topics, this week's number has appeared, and its rapid sale at Amee's will attest to its disgraceful popularity here...
...that when even meat signs and the better part of lamp posts are frequently found adorning students rooms, it is no stretch of the imagination to suppose for a moment that some patriotic student has claimed his country's flag as the fair guerdon of a night raid. But we are very loth to think for a moment that such is the case. Indeed, evidences seem to point in much the opposite direction. Not for many years has there been gathered in the city so motley an assemblage as last Monday evening witnessed filling the streets. But that...