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Word: clear (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...year. The man with seven mistakes gets 97%, and the man with twelve gets 92%. Thus the first man loses only 1% for each three mistakes, while the others lose 1% for each mistake over six. This statement is nearly if not exactly correct, and is as clear as it can be made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MARKS IN GERMAN 7. | 5/3/1878 | See Source »

...those clear-eyed scholars were afraid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD. | 4/5/1878 | See Source »

...well as others have heard the dissatisfaction that has been expressed at the close of each tournament, - a dissatisfaction which arises, we are sure, from a misunderstanding, and which would be much diminished were the conditions clearly known by which these meetings are governed. We are authorized to say on the part of the Athletic Association, it is expressly stipulated by the President that the judges of the sports shall be gentlemen who are, or have been, in some way connected with the University. This imposed necessity limits the choice to a few; graduates, though they have had great experience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/22/1878 | See Source »

...which an answer had not then been returned. We have since learned that the petition was not granted for several reasons. Our base-ball prospects then looked gloomy enough, but matters have improved somewhat of late. The language of the guide-book of the League Association is not altogether clear with respect to amateur clubs like ours. But on careful investigation, and by means of a good deal of questioning, we find that our nine will not be excluded from playing on the grounds of the Bostons except with the six clubs that form the league. Our nine cannot play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/22/1878 | See Source »

...touch, how exquisitely clear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BLIND GIRL. | 3/8/1878 | See Source »

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