Word: fastening
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Secondly, it was objected that "the dozen men immediately encircling the Tree would be almost the only ones to get flowers." This is a physical impossibility. The Class Day Committee propose to fasten on the Tree a wreath of flowers four feet in breadth. It is hard to see how a dozen men could carry off this amount of flowers, to say nothing of tearing them off the Tree. Moreover, there would be no object in carring off more than a reasonable number, for the simple reason that the men behind would not permit it, but would deprive their greedy...
...growth of the Speaker's power is a part of a general tendency in our governmental system to fasten responsibility upon individuals: Hart, Speaker as Premier, Practical Essays...
...Fasten the sheets together...
...detail of progress in intellectual pursuits can not be followed; it is only on the final achievement that the interest of outsiders can fasten. Should the entire college devote itself to scholarly work, there would be no need for a daily. News might all be delegated to a monthly publication which should merely review all notable contributions to the intellectual life of the college. The more significant intellectual work is done by the individual; it can not be organized; but the news for a college daily must be drawn from the organized activities of the college. Of these the athletic...
...temperature many degrees too warm, and, combined with the lack of fresh air has made the place exceedingly uncomfortable. To a person coming in from the open air the stuffy atmosphere is almost unbearable. The bad air undoubtedly dulls the senses, produces drowsiness and renders it very difficult to fasten the attention...