Word: ben
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...boastful, let us remember that it is only ten years that we have enjoyed this system, and that before that time the College was as much under political control as it well could be. Then the Governor was, ex officio, an Overseer, (and this in a State where Ben Butler has several times come so near gracing the gubernatorial chair!) The other Overseers were elected by the Legislature. Any one who will look over the list of Overseers previous to 1866 will find some names which he would never associate with an institution of learning, - names of men whose opinions...
...ben trovato...
WHEN New Yorkers are asked what has kept them out till half past twelve, they blandly reply, "Ben to 'vival Moosy an' Sansey (hic)." - Index...
...decided action on the part of Russia and Austria with regard to the partition or reconstruction of Turkey, it is a paramount and national necessity for England to take possession of the Suez Canal," was decided by a vote of 40 to 2; the only speaker against being Mustafa Ben Yusaf...
When we turn back to the page of our College paper of five years ago, we find there long discussions, and often despairing conclusions on the question of a reading-room; while the College wit found abundant exercise in drawing the parallel between Ali Ben Hadid and his hidden white camel in the Eastern legend, and Harvard with its Gray collection of engravings, carefully guarded from inspection by the vigilant custodian of Sibley Castle...