Word: shifts
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Watching hazel-bushes shift...
...shall have power to appoint assistants and regulate their movements; the several captains to form an advisory board and elect the referee. But the Marshal is to be held responsible, and therefore will be careful; for the blunders, if there are any, he must answer for, and can shift the blame on no convenient committee. The plan seems worthy of consideration, as certainly one head is better, as a directing power, than several...
Haggard, white-haired, forced to make shift...