Word: rooke
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...protection of--er--the public, and are reserved to Allan Pinkerton's brave boys. If things had worked according to schedule the time poor old Louis had the disagreement with his subjects, the Jacquerie would not have had arms. And I suppose the first Paleolithic genius who slung a rook with a twisted grass rope had no idea that the gentleman in the adjoining cave would get wise to the trick. No; we should not delude ourselves. We must grow accustomed to the military plagiarism of the "insurgents"; they have no sense of honor--never having attended Harvard...
...Harvard-Yale contest of any kind scorns introduction. Even when Yale worsts the University at chess in the seclusion of a New York hotel, the defeat is mourned by many who do not know a pawn from a rook. No one need be urged to attend the hockey game tonight; but a reminder that the contest is not yet won, and that whole-heared support from the University is essential, is not amiss...
Each man will play one game with every other man at the appropriate odds, ranging as follows: Class I gives pawn and move to Class II, pawn and two moves to Class III, Knight to Class IV, Rook to Class V. The Pawn given in play at odds of Pawn and move or of Pawn and two moves is the King's Bishop's Pawn. In play at odds of Knight or of Rook, the Queen's Knight or Rood are removed...
Class I, scratch; Class II, gets pawn and move; Class III, gets pawn and 2 moves; Class IV, gets Knight; Class V, gets Rook...
...Lopez, Yale has forced Harvard's rook off the open file...