Word: sudden
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Since that time I have heard a rumor given in explanation of this sudden sale of seats-namely, that before the seats were put on public sale at four o'clock on Saturday, a very large number of the seats had been disposed of by the manager in advance sale to private persons, as, for example, a large block of seats reserved for the Somerset Club of Boston, and a block of 110 seats sold to a student for himself and friends...
...himself was in exile at St. Helena, and Paris was in the hands of his most hated enemies. It is a touching story of that devotion to a great chief so common among old soldiers. Even in his leader's deepest misfortune the veteran remains faithful. Despite a somewhat sudden transition in the death scene the story is realistic and fires the reader with a thrill of martial enthusiasm...
...Freshmen narrowly escaped defeat at the hands of the Amherst Freshmen on Saturday afternoon, and the manner in which the game was played has made it evident that if Ninety-one is to beat Yale next Saturday, a sudden and vigorous change must take place in the way they play ball. In the first place, they must remember that there is one captain, not nine, in the Freshman team; he is doubtless capable of giving necessary orders. The rest of the men must learn to control their tongues. Their office, except when coaching, is to play ball, not to talk...
...said of Harvard's tendency to neglect study for the encouragement of athletics, her system of deturs, prizes, scholarships and final honors has by stimulation to overwork caused the death of many a promising student. I was graduated from Harvard nine years ago, and know whereof I speak. The sudden insanity of one of the most promising of recent graduates recalls painful memories of that forcing system which has so long been in vogue at my own university. The leader of my class shortly after entering upon his sophomore work died of brain fever. The brightest light of the class...
...Whiting on the subject "Matter in Motion." Matter sometimes offers but little resistance to an impulsive force. The touch of a feather, for instance, will set in motion a carefully balanced ball weighing 20 lbs., but only when the force is slowly applied. When a force is exerted suddenly, considerable resistance is offered even by as mobile a body as air. Birds are enabled to fly only by the resistance of the air during the downward stroke of the wings. During the upward stroke, less resistance is offered, owing to the fact that the wing is convex on the upper...