Word: slightly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...itself, but abused by many men. We have no right to squander our four years away on courses that we take no interest in. The college man has more vacation than any other class, yet he idles away his time in doing fifty things besides his appointed tasks; a slight headache, a dry Professor; any thing to avoid a short hour in the recitation room. Men think they are wronged too if not allowed to go home before a vacation begins, if an examination strikes him hard, or if he is barred from a recitation on account of oversleep...
...minor one is that they do not insist as strongly as we do that the back shall be kept perfectly straight. If a man can row better so, they do not object to a slight curve of the shoulders. In the management of the slide, too, there are some differences. The Americans start their slides very fast, then slow them up about half way, and gradually come to a full stop. The Englishmen get their hands away very quickly, but slide forward slowly...
...wisdom of the policy proposed. There can be no doubt as to its adoption when once the inertia of the public has been overcome: Intelligent people ought to see to it that this inertia does not prevent the prompt action necessary to secure this great boon at slight cost. Is it not a case in which Harvard men may fittingly express by their cooperation with the Commission-headed as it is by an honored graduate and benefactor of the University-their intelligent interest in the welfare of the community...
...banks of the Charles from being made a hideous spectacle of factories, wharfs and tenement houses; as well as save them from the ravages of ruthless speculators. All we are asked to do is to sign the petitions which have been left in places of easy access-a slight effort in view of what it may help to accomplish...
...Harvard letter to Yale there was a slight omission in one sentence which has since been rectified. In order that there may be no misunderstanding, we print the sentence in its original form and as corrected. The original sentence was as follows...