Word: rapidly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard Bridge, of which so much is expected in the way of rapid transit between Boston and Cambridge, is at length nearing completion. A portion of the fence remains to be set up and the planking is yet to be laid on the Cambridge end of the bridge; this work will probably be finished within three weeks, when the bridge will be practically complete. The house to accommodate the draw tender and cover the draw machinery is not yet built, but its construction will not delay the opening of the bridge; the same can be said of the asphalt pavement...
...dates 600, 1200, 1800, marking respectively the period of migration, the age of chivalry, and the troublous times of the French revolution. The migration of the Germanic tribes brought about a great increase of race feeling; and a corresponding decrease of moral sentiment; it is a time of rapid expansion, and of unscrupulous accumulation. Out of such experiences the great epic traditions of a nation were born. These epics are not left intact. The Germans in the midst of this period adopted the Christian religion, and abandoned their own religious ideas; with the religious ideas went the poetic ideas...
...Blaney, '90, introduced the question for the affirmative. His principal idea was to show the rapid downfall of the republican and the steady rise in power of the democratic party. The republican platform he considered under three heads: civil service, pensions and tariff. He closed his argument by urging all to vote for Russell if they wished for good government...
...dormitory at Princeton which will accommodate 76 students is now in rapid process of completion. It is to be a four-story building of Bull's Island stone with trimmings of limestone. The entrance which is to be on the east side will have one main door in the centre with smaller ones on each side of it. Special attention will be paid to the decoration of this entrance where directly over the main door will be carved the words, "Brown Hall." The date of completion of the building will be carved to the left of this in a circle...
...second half the ball changed from side to side in rapid succession. The Athletic men showed lack of wind while the Harvard men played with a great deal of snap. Twenty-five minutes were passed without scoring when Curtis kicked and Harvard got the ball on the five yard line. Then on rushes by Mason and Curtis the ball was carried over the line. Fitzhugh kicked a goal. Score 10-6. Time was soon called with the ball in the middle of the field. The teams were maed up as follows...