Word: stood
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...lookout. As they neared the Canadian side they sand "God Save the Queen" some reverently, some mock-reverently. All that day there was no excitement till the train reached Niagara Falls just at dusk. Even in the fading light the sight was magnificent and as the men stood on the railroad bank there was a visible change in their spirits. All the levity stopped and there was hardly a joke from Niagara to Buffalo. The train was an hour late, making a quick change necessary before the concert, which was well attended. The Buffalo Club gave a dinner after...
Socially he stood high and was universally liked by his class mates who elected him their marshal at graduation. His genial ways and manly bearing commanded respect from every one. Those who knew him personally will especially mourn his loss...
...much to do with determining our imaginative life in this century. But the true place of Spain in the great modern world is different from that of France or Italy. Those countries have contributed constituent parts of modern culture. Spain has never done this; but for centuries has stood aloof from the really constructive life of Europe. Yet she has been of great service to the life of the imagination; for she has stood as the chief representative of the pure form of that life. So, again and again, periods of imaginative creation in other nations have been prefaced...
...sale of tickets for the Yale - Princeton game at New Haven after a crowd had stood in line for eight hours, Maffitt, manager of the team, announced that the sale would be indefinitely postponed...
...Emmons for 40 yards aided by the best interference of the day. Two turtle-backs gave four yards, and then L. Bliss was again sent to the right for 8 yards more. With the ball but a single yard from the line the hearts of the Harvard supporters almost stood still. The suspense was terrible, and when a fumble on the part of Yale gave Emmons a chance to get the ball, the relief of Harvard men gave rise to howls and cheers that would have done credit to a touchdown...