Word: thrown
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...games were celebrated; the Bouleuterium, the ground plan of which had the form of a ship and is still a riddle to the architects; and the palaestra and gymnasium where the athletes exercised. Countless works of art were discovered in Olympia, and beautiful pictures of many of these were thrown on the screen, the pedimental sculptures of the temple of Zeus, the beautiful statue of Victory by Paeonius, and that masterpiece of Greek sculpture, the Hermes of Praxiteles. Besides these the museum which the Greek government has erected at Olympia contains inscriptions, articles of bronze, and terra cottas in almost...
...legislation; (a) it has unduly exempted rich from taxation; (b) it has protected certain manufacturers; (c) it has given bonnties to sugar trust (Lloyd's Wealth vs. Commonweath, 9-30). (3) Single gold standard; (a) it has caused fall of prices of commodities; (x) caused contraction of currency; (m) thrown silver out of use (n) though per capita circulation is as great as in 1873, this does not prove much; (1) business has increased more rapidly than population; (b) it has caused fall in the price of silver, (1) this depends mainly on supply and demand. (Mill Book...
...Harvard's crew this year is the stand off the stretcher from catch to finish. It is an element of the stroke in which Harvard crews have been very deficient of late years. The body swing is very long. The leg drive beginning at the catch with the shoulders thrown on hard to gain a strong position. The pressure is increased through the stroke ending in a hard finish. There is no lift in the stroke as there was last year but a horizontal drive throughout. The hands are shot away quickly and the body swing taken at the beginning...
...left and Lauder's error on Stevenson's grounder filled the bases. Paine then hit to centre field but Sedgwick muffed, allowing Haughton to score. Stevenson, however, was caught at second and shortly afterwards Rand was cut off at the plate in trying to score when the ball was thrown to second on Paine's attempt to steal...
...annual dinner of the Nassau "Lit" was given at the Inn on Friday evening. Among those present were Hamilton W. Mabie of the Outlook, J. Seymour Wood editor of the Bachelor of Arts, President Patton, Professor Bliss Perry, and others. The dinner was thrown open to the undergraduates a number of whom were present...