Word: turns
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...means of many plans and photographs Professor Dorpfeld sought, with marked success, to give his hearers a picture of the results of the excavations. Nine strata had been found one over the other, marking the site of nine different settlements, each of which in its turn had been destroyed. In the upper stratum Roman buildings were uncovered, including a stately temple of Athena built of marble, and three theatres, and many colonnades and houses. Countless marble inscriptions record that this city was called Ilion, and that some of its buildings were erected by the Roman emperors. Under these Roman buildings...
...finished and everything is in readiness for the first shoot, which will take place next Thursday afternoon. The rapid fire system, adopted last year, will continued to be in use this year. As it enables four men to shoot at once, nobody will be kept waiting long for his turn...
...sent to the meeting of the National League at Washington. It is proposed to carry on the same programme the present year, and also to adopt a plan of campaign work. The meeting is open to all members of the University, and it is hoped that Harvard men will turn out in large numbers to show as hearty a support of the present honest system of civil service as of the gold standard and honest money...
...track with its new top-dressing is, for the most part, in fine condition, although there is considerable trouble being had with about fifty feet of it near the last turn. The track there was so high that not enough of the new dressing could be put on to make a new surface, and as the old surface was almost as hard as stone, the added material merely lies loosely on the top instead of packing down firmly...
...Manning, captain of Ninety-eight football team, made his first call for candidates yesterday. Seventeen men answered, among whom, however, J. Flint was the only old player. The men were all light, and unless more heavy men turn out, their chances of winning will not be good...