Word: task
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...more and more admirable. The beginning of the fourth act showed a falling off. It is doubtful whether, with any acting, the long soliloquies of Ravensbane at this point could be made to hold an audience; but, as it was, Savery's elocution was here hardly equal to the task of making poetry atone for lack of dramatic action. As the other characters entered, however, interest revived; and the closing conception of the tragedy was set forth clearly and tellingly...
...mile cross-country run is no slight task and the supervision of a competent trainer is necessary not only to help the team to win, but also to protect the men from the physical risk of zeal untempered by knowledge. Rumor says that other teams than the cross-country have also been left uncared for, but to none of them are the dangers of bodily harm arising from such neglect more imminent...
...headway was stopped. At the time the University eight was only about two lengths of open water behind the second boat and fully three lengths were lost. With six lengths to make up in about two miles, the University crew settled down with determination to the task and eventually...
...would certainly seem that the Athletic Association had been in its business long enough, and knew the geography of the Stadium sufficiently well, to avoid such inconsistencies. We realize that it is a big task, perhaps too big, to handle the tickets for three important games by the application method, but the fact that the method involves extra labor can hardly be accepted as excuse for the careless blunders that have been committed...
...forty years this month since President Eliot faced a task like that which now confronts President Lowell. In those forty years the college of local fame has expanded into the university whose name and influence are known to all the world. The problems of the large institution are different from those of the small college; but we are confident that President Lowell will reach their solution as wisely and as certainly as his great predecessor overcame the obstacles of the last administration...