Word: start
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...reality with truth. Everything ought to start from the truth, and everything ought to tend toward the ideal. The stage is a school of manners, it ought not to be a school of medicine...
BICYCLE CLUB. There will be a run this afternoon over the provisional course for the road race. Start from university at 4 p. m. sharp...
BICYCLE! ROAD RACE. There will be a bicycle run today at 4 p. m, over a new course which may be selected for the road race. It is desired that all the contestants attend in order to give their opinion about the desirability of the course. Start from gymnasium...
...race. The four crews got off together at the word of the starter. The seniors almost immediately forged ahead, closely followed by '90 and '92. The sophomores with only six men, were out of the race from the beginning. The crews kept their relative positions from start to finish, the race between '90 and '89 being very well contested. At the finish '89 was ahead with '90's bow overlapping the senior's stern. The freshmen were scarcely a length behind '90, and surprised everyone by their excellent showing. Their body work showed a lack of experience but their time...
...shore to its present position and told the story of the feat of General Winslow and his horse Beausejour in swimming the channel at the entrance to the harbor. General Winslow had made a wager with three of his companions that he would give them an hour's start on their horses, and that, notwithstanding, he would reach the Gurnett, a point on the sand-spit at the entrance to the harbor, before they could do so. The three men were compelled to ride around the shore through Duxbury, while General Winslow, relying on the good qualities of Beausejour, swam...