Word: bold
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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There is a gang of thieves around Cambridge which is making a business of stealing bicycles, and we warn all men owning machines to be careful about leaving them unlocked. This gang has been at work since the middle of the summer and has now grown so bold that a bicycle was lately taken from the piazza of a private dwelling even at noon-day. We know of seven that have been stolen during the past month. A youth was captured yesterday who confessed that he had taken two machines, but while he was yet in custody another bicycle disappeared...
...prizes to be given at the race meet this year will not be miscellaneous articles, as they were last, but handsome gold, silver and bronze medals. They are very valuable and ornamental, struck from dies especially made this year for the Association. On one side in bold relief is a demlpesagus-the emblem of he club,-and on the other, round the edge, in quaint, artistic letters, also in relief, is the name of the Association, and engraved in the middle the name of the race...
...laboratory of Physical Geography has lately received a set of geographic models designed by Professor Albert Heim of Zurich, Switzerland. They represent an Alpine glacier, a mountain torrent, a bold coast line with branches and dunes, and a volcanic island of complex structure. Each model is about a foot and a half by two feet in size. All are delicately colored in remarkably natural tints giving an admirable combination of artistic and photographic effects. The model of the glacier represents a mountainous district with much variety and detail of structure and form, including two lofty gathering basins, where the snow...