Word: current
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...writer then makes the assertion that Matthew Arnold, the apostle of "sweetness and light," as well as Mrs. Langtry are both guilty of having used the phrase "pull myself together," but says in defence of its use that such a phrase is hardly slang when it "has passed as current by writers who have been set up as example of style." On the other hand, he continues: "It were to continue the discussion to an undue length to cite instances where certain words or phrases put under the ban, charged with being Americanisms, have been proved to be English...
...have taken place in '58, but owing to the death of Yale's coxswain, by drowning in an unfortunate collision of boats, it was deferred. It had been proposed to have that race on the Connecticut river, near Springfield, but on account of the disadvantage of rowing against a current, it was decided to have the next race come off on Lake Quinsigamond, near Worcester. This sheet of water is undoubtedly one of the finest courses in the United States, as it is free from all currents, and is small enough to avoid a swell. It was reluctantly given...
Prof. J. Laurence Laughlin has an article in the current Atlantic on the "New Party...
...Robert Luce, '82, contributes an article to the current Bay State Monthly...
...Bancroft, '79, contributes an article on college athletics to the current number of the Christian Register...