Word: sixteen
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...some sixteen months ago that the first stories were heard of Turkish atrocities committed in Armenia. Christendom was startled; but it was slow to awake to the terrible reality of the situation, to realize that Armenia is now and has long been the scene of horrible cruelty, savage ferocity, and brutal lust, such as is unsurpassed in the history of the relations of man to man. It is no exaggeration to say that in about a year and a half sixty thousand martyrs have suffered at the hands of the fierce Turks. No longer ago than Saturday there came news...
...Maine Club held its annual dinner last night at the Parker House. Sixteen members were present, and the dinner was a great success in every...
Last spring, on the initiative of the HarvardGraduate Club, graduate students from sixteen colleges and universities met in New York. The convention in Philadelphia this year will be the second such meeting of university graduates. In general the purposes of the coming convention are the same as those of the one held last year. The most important matter to be discussed is maintenance of standards for advanced degrees...
...Entrance to the dormitories will be from the quadrangle only. The cottages will be three stories in height, each cottage accommodating, with sleeping, study and bathrooms, from twelve to fourteen students. There will be forty-four buildings, connecting with each other and forming one structure broken only by gateways. Sixteen of the cottages are already in course of erection. Each cottage will be named after the person contributing...
...meeting of the Executive Committee of the Yale Gymnastic Association held on Monday arrangements were made for sixteen cups, first and second prizes, for each of the eight events in the series this winter. An invitation from Princeton to give a joint exhibition was also accepted and a date in the latter part of February will probably be selected. The various sections are at present doing active work. The first meet will be held on December 11, and contests in the following will take place: Horizontal bar, parallel bars, club swinging, long horse. At the same time Mr. Wm. Maltby...