Word: waved
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...will be remembered that the blast was exploded Oct. 10 at 11.13 o'clock, and a few seconds over. Prof. Rogers first observed disturbances in the mercury surface at 11.17.30, and from that time disturbance waves came at nearly regular intervals of about 18 seconds, until the maximum was reached on the fourth or fifth wave. Then the impulses declined in force and died away about as they had come. In addition to the screen Prof. Rogers made use of direct observation of the mercury surface through a microscope, thus giving him the added advantage of judging the wave...
...annual tidal wave of photographic literature now begins to inundate our column. It is as yet rather more of a ripple than a real, large wave, but as a rolling stone gathers no moss - no, not that exactly, rather as a rolling snow ball becomes the more large and elegant by the very fact of its on ward progress, so in the course of time will this mass of photographic correspondence enlarge in magnitude from the insignificant proportions of a three-line notice to the full-grown glory of a half column announcement. This photographic matter...
...reached of the scene that invariably follows the close of a game on either Jarvis or Holmes. No sooner is the last man put out, or the winning run scored than the cream of Cambridge muckerdom rises, and sweeps over the barriers with the resistless power of a tidal wave, overwhelming players and spectators alike in the mad rush. Such is the state of affairs. There is a remedy. At every game a detail of Cambridge "constabulary" is hired to keep the non-paying spectators from encroaching upon the field. This they successfully accomplish during the progress of the game...
...general rule can be given. Each son must decide for himself in accordance with the peculiarities of his own especial parent. However, let not the son swerve an instant from his duty; knowing the true course, let him follow it, remembering that the persistent elbowing of the little wave gradually crowds aside the giant cliff. Let him complain unceasingly, let him be alternately sulky, gloomy, and petulant, let him if necessary even resort to desperate dissipation,- and success is almost inevitable...
...wave on the ever heaving deep...