Word: sort
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...number are poor. "The Play" is an elaborately constructed rack whereon are hung a few, sometimes effective jokes. "The Adventure of the Young man and the Spasmodic Lady" and "The Curious History of a Selfish Man" are immature and crude: one is exaggerated attempt at farce, the other a sort of tragic sketch handled without skill. "The Three Worlds" ruins by a most clumsy climax a sketch of power...
...will be chosen. All who intend to try for these relay teams are requested to hand their names to Mr. Graham at once. Owing to an order from Dr. Sargent, all the track candidates, in their work at this time of the year, must wear a protection of some sort for the legs...
...third visit to this country, told of the way Buddhism is misrepresented in the western world. He discountenanced the popular belief that Buddhism is a religion of pessimists, and explained how its concept came to the mind of Buddha. "Buddhism," he said, "is a sort of absolute psychology; it is the religion of absolute happiness." Its most important teaching is the doctrine of purity of body and mind, and it is the only religion which has not been propagated by blood...
...Yale's touchdowns one was directly the result of a blocked punt; and on another blocked punt Yale was enabled to get the ball within striking distance of Harvard's goal line. The first touchdown only was secured unaccompanied by a fluke of any sort...
...copy for the particular journal, but also lists of words and phrases which are thought to have served their time and to have earned a rest. It occurs to me in reading the new issue of the Monthly that it might be of advantage if something of the sort were compiled for the contributors to the college papers. Generations of undergraduates replace one another so rapidly that it is no fault of the newcomers if they are ignorant how worn are many of the terms that delight them with their novelty and fitness. How much fresher and more individual would...