Word: sighting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...maker. Behind a barricade of sideburns, the "pro's" and the "con's" will be alike unrecognizable, and can slip by the watchers ere the latter can penetrate their disguises. It will, of course, be a trifle hard on the general public; many an old farmer on a sight-seeing tour will be mistaken for a legislator and questioned concerning the cotton-planter's trust or the Society for the Preservation of Indigent Africans...
...present plans, men will leave New York on July 1, reaching the various universities by July 12, where they will study until August 23. They will then spend a week in Paris, during which time there will be two trips to the battlefields and devastated regions, and two sight-seeing tours around Paris, including visits to museums and galleries, and to three theatrical performances at the opera. The Opera Comique, and the Comedie Francaise. They will leave Havre on September 1, reaching New York September...
...looking over the records made by the Yale and Princeton hockey teams during the first half of their schedules, the former sextet appears at first sight to be incomparably superior. This assumption is based partly on the fact that the Elis have won five and lost four of their regular scheduled matches, while the Tigers in a short seven-game series, have gained victories only twice and gone down to defeat four times; partly on the fact that Columbia, overwhelmingly defeated by the Elis, managed to none out the Orange and Black players to the tune...
...learning to throw the javelin, it is very important that the beginner does not set his mark directly before him, but that he should aim at some imaginary point out of sight. For example, to throw a hundred feet from standing position is comparatively simple for a man with the inclination. If a fast running start is added to this, the javelin will fly high over the hundred-foot mark...
...idea is not in itself new or startling. The fact of its existence is merely lost sight of about this time every year. It is a great temptation, when studying for an examination, to fill up with a mass of facts and quotations and useful bits from the lecture notes, neglecting entirely the formulation of personal judgment and criticism. Now facts are essential to show a general knowledge of a course; but the ability to think for oneself is an advantage which is coming to have more and more recognition. Professors--the great majority of them at least--are asking...