Word: watching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...purpose to reach the standard set for us by our predecessors-if possible, to surpass it. The retiring editors from eighty-five have done much to advance the cause of daily journalism at Harvard, -just how much can be appreciated by those who have been in a position to watch their efforts to promote the interests of the CRIMSON. To them we would render our hearty thanks for their untiring labor, and from them we accept the management of the paper in the hope that "their mantle may not have fallen upon unworthy shoulders...
...over his spectacles every moment or so to see that young rascal was not pulling the fire out into the middle of the room. At home the old sofa stood beneath a window too, and I remember when quite a child kneeling upon it to look out and watch the birds that came for crumbs, and the snowberry bushes outside waving too and fro in the storm, or budding peacefully in the warm sunlight. Then how often in childish fits of anger or fretfulness, have I rushed to it, and buried my face in the cushion, and watered the mammoth...
...tide. By this change, the bridge, instead of becoming a disturbing element to our rowing men, will be a great source of convenience to those lovers of the sport who do not indulge in an active participation in it, since it will afford a vantagepoint from which to watch the practice of the crews on the basin beyond...
...them have their officers understand at the same time that they intend to hold them strictly to account for the manner in which it is spent. If the students subscribe enough for reasonable expenditures and for a reduction of the debt, the management cannot complain. If the students watch the officers closely by keeping acquainted with their accounts, their money is not so likely to be spent recklessly...
...person who opened my locker on Thursday and took from it a silver watch and chain, and a pocket-book containing a sum of money, will return the same, he will receive a suitable reward and no questions asked. J. W. Austin, 23 Grays...