Word: timing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...associate with the leading men of the city, and to pursue his education in the best schools of Athens. The period of his literary activity began soon after the expulsion of the Thirty Tyrants, when he delivered his famous speech against Eratosthenes. It lasted about thirty years, during which time he wrote over two hundred speeches. The chief characteristic of Lysias style was his ability to adapt the speech to the character of the person who delivered...
...athletic organization making use of college buildings or grounds for match games, races or athletic contests, will be held responsible for the good order of participants and spectators, during the time of occupancy...
...much smaller proportion than the average class of today. None acquired the habit after leaving college, but those who had already formed the habit in college soon fell into confirmed drunkenness. It is during youth then, between 17 and 25, that a man's habits are formed. At that time he often has great confidence in himself that he will not transgress the limit which he calls soberness, but gradually he becomes more and more entangled until he reaches the border of the precipice where the arch enemy of souls finds his greatest hunting ground. It is the first step...
...Again Cambridge started off well and took the play to Ninety's twenty-five yard line. Clark's good rush decreased the distance to ten yards, but Crane's kick prevented a score. The ball was worked down toward Cambridge until it was on the twenty-yard line when time was called...
STUDENTS OF HARVARD COLLEGE: On or about November 1st. I shall open a school of Shorthand and Type-writing at Harvard square (positive time and location announced later) expressly for the students of Harvard College. I shall teach my new system of short hand, which is liberally endorsed by the press and expert stenographers as the easiest, briefest and most accurate system of shorthand extant; it can be completely mastered in three months and a speed of 125 words per minute acquired. Pupils write from the first lesson. The first week will be free and I cordially invite all students...