Word: result
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...make a pilgrimage to his defeated deity--the gargantuan idol with feet of clay. Thus an October afternoon spent witnessing an old and popular sport is an effective antidote to an over-dose of over-emphasis; illusions concerning the importance of football games have been partially removed and the result is that the logical attitude towards the game--that of sanity, that which minimizes both defeats and victories--is once more practicable. Saturday afternoons are seen in a more normal light: as occasions possibly, certainly not as epics...
...enrollment of freshmen at the University of Michigan being two hundred less than that of last year, the inference has been made that the decrease is the result of that university's ban on automobiles. The New Student quotes President Little of Michigan as replying, if the decrease were due to the automobile regulation he was glad of it. Presumably his satisfaction arises more from confidence in the wisdom of the rule than from pleasure in its apparent result...
...instrument to register the presence of as little as one part of mercury in 20,000,000 parts of atmosphere. Before the poison is detected by symptoms of illness in drooping employes, a coating of yellow sulphide on a strip of paper gives the signal by turning black (the result of contact between selenium sulphide and mercury). The degree of blackness is photographed by shining a light through the strip of yellow sulphide. If the sulphide has turned dark, less light will penetrate; if black, no light will penetrate. This is recorded on an ammeter legible to every...
...peaceful old age and taken up house keeping where he will no longer be constrained to brush away the dust from the diamond--an occupation which at times brought him close to the verge of mental pneumonia. In fact, the Vagabond has become quite domestic, and as a result, his son will this year wander about upon the father's business...
Upperclassmen in all departments may register until 5 o'clock on Monday in the following places. Freshmen admitted as a result of fall examinations will register between 9 and 5 o'clock Monday in Memorial Hall...