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Word: worded (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rumor has been circulating that these "repairs" consisted of the roofing of the tower and the lighting of Sanders. This is so ridiculous that it is, of course, untrue. But the word "repairs" is indefinite and we would like to hear from the auditor. In all probability, the matter is clear enough to those that understand it, but common justice requires that we should all understand it. The whole affair looks peculiar from a business standpoint...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/4/1882 | See Source »

...snow about the north entry of Thayer was covered yesterday morning with the charred leaves of a burnt text book. One leaf, whose edges only had been burned, showed that the book was a Latin dictionary. On one side was the word moneo with its definitions. This leaf took the hint and escaped the flames...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES AND COMMENTS. | 1/4/1882 | See Source »

...grow more confused with each word...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

...entirely free from typographical errors, still they now occur but infrequently, and both the form and the matter of the paper show more care and attention than they have in the past. Having criticised the Echo's failings, we feel that it is but just to speak this commendatory word regarding its evident improvement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

...saying any thing about the Harvard Union under its present management, because that body has been in the past so peculiarly the protege of the college press that we feared the mention of it had grown stale by repetition; but the recent debates held in Sever call for a word of the warmest approval. The Union has shown its undoubted right to the support of the entire University, and by the event proved the wisdom of its choice of a presiding officer. It is growing in popularity and in influence; and it may now be entirely removed from the list...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

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