Word: signaled
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...ready at the Brookline Bridge promptly at the appointed hour, 4.30 p. m. The stern of each shell will be held from a boat attached to a rope stretched across the river. As soon as the shells are in position, one long whistle will be blown as a preparatory signal. Twenty seconds after this signal, three short sharp whistles will signify, "Are you ready...
...first number, Wagner's Overture to the "Flying Dutchman," is based on an old legend, well-known in seafaring nations, in which the action centres about a spectral seaman, whose appearance to a ship's company was a signal for great confusion and fright. The weird quality, of which Thayer is such a master, is very prominent in this whole opera, and readily suggests his subject. Like most of his music this Overture cannot be described, as so much music is nowadays, by comparison with a smooth, gliding stream; there are in it several themes separate and distinct...
...term. The subject can very easily be brought to the attention of excursion companies, and a skilful handling of their proposals must result in offers of very low rates. If some move is taken thus early those details which generally make the near approach of an event the signal for trouble and confusion, may be settled gradually and a comparatively easy path opened for those in charge...
...case. The individual work of the Yale eleven seemed to be, and was, brilliant. But what really gave it the appearance of overmatching Harvard's individual play was the strength of the team work which was the ground work of everything and the secret of Yale's signal success. A Harvard opinion would be that the Harvard eleven, trained to the beautiful team game which Yale showed, would have been superior to the Yale eleven with equally good team work...
...recall the shells, if necessary, the referee's tug will stop and the second barrel of the gun will be fired, but there can be no signal after ten strokes have been rowed...