Word: shortest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...last and shortest term of the college year begins to-day. The slow, uneventful winter term is over at last, and from now until July there will be ceaseless activity. The nine has already begun its practice games; the crews are on the river; the track is in good condition; the lacrosse team is on the field; the tennis courts are being laid out, and everything points to a very lively spring. The spring term is the pleasantest part of the year. There is always something to do or to see. The class races, the H. A. A. games...
...case the scent gives out, the hares shall drop the bags and make for home by the shortest route. On finding the bags the hounds may make for home as they please in a "fast hunt." In a "slow hunt," they shall wait for the word from the master to "break." In a slow hunt, if for any reason the bags cannot be found, the signal to "break" may be given by the master, with the consent of a majority of the pack...
...carbon and hydrogen, which enter into their composition. The instrument used in testing the sensibility of the skin is called an Aesthesiometer. The degree of sensibility is measured by the distance between the points at which they can be recognized as two. The following, in millimeters, are the three shortest distances at which the two points can be distinguished: Tip of tongue, 1.1; third phalanx of finger, palmar surface, 2.3; red part of lips...
...expected them to jump that far. After the leaping came the javelin throwing, in which the object was distance, not accuracy in hitting a certain mark. The javelin was light, and had no head, and was thrown by a thong. In this event the three men who made the shortest throws were dropped out. Next the foot race was held; this was the most primitive of all the contests, and for a long time was the only event at the Olympic games. From this fact came the custom of naming the year after the winner in this event...
...game between the Yale and Metropolitan nines last Wednesday lasted but one hour and fourteen minutes, one of the shortest games on record...