Word: waiting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...reception. Dick had so arranged that we could all hear at the same time; which was a great convenience, since ordinarily, owing to the want of magnitude of the ear-piece, but one person at a time can have his ear at it, while the rest, his companions, must wait in tantalizing suspense, watching his expressions of interest and amusement without appreciating their cause. But by Dick's care we all had a chance to hear...
...wait till death...
...held there, till the 'Varsity had taken their boat out of the water and carried it off the float. Certainly the boat which is at the float, and not manned, has the right of way, and it seems only right that even the 'Varsity should wait till the float is clear before landing...
...making the distance 21 feet instead of 22 feet, as formerly, which will make straight arm-cuts in serving much more difficult to execute than under the old rules. Also, the player is prohibited from leaning over the net to strike the ball, but is compelled to wait until it is on his side of the net before he hits it. We are sorry that lack of space will prevent a description of the other changes, which will be noticed in some future issue...
...last the inventive genius of Edison has discovered a way by which Harvard students can reach Boston in five seconds, instead of half an hour. No longer will we have to wait in Boston for half-past cars. Impudent conductors will trouble us no more. Soon we will not be obliged to give up our seats to ladies entering the car at the railroad-crossing, nor shall we have the pleasure of riding in town seated next to the professor whose recitations we have been cutting for the past week...