Word: third
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...meeting then adjourned till the third Wednesday in September...
...third place, he argues that a college reward is of limited value, because the reputation accruing from it is of an almost purely local character, and that a contest open to all the colleges in the land would call forth more contestants and rouse more ambition on account of the widespread reputation which would crown successful competitors...
from the following statistics, in which the first column of figures shows the number of rooms occupied by students in the different buildings, the second the number of rooms in which windows were open at 8 A. M. on November 19 (clear weather, thermometer 25 F.), and the third column the number of rooms in which windows were open at the same time on November 20 (partly cloudy, thermometer...
...This was in the direct course of the boats, and although no boat actually ran into it during the race, yet some boats had to go over the shoals around it. Besides, the current is very uneven in different parts of the river. The channel is never over one third, and often only one fourth, of the river's breadth. Out of the channel the current is very much weaker than...
Whoever is unfortunate enough to be put upon special probation is deprived of one third of the privileges granted others. It is not sufficient that the offending one reforms, he must even reach a standard of excellence, higher than that which is required of his associates, and this is hardly probable. We do not believe that the greater one's task is the less time it will take to perform it, or in giving to an overworked man more work in order to rest...