Word: exaction
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...they wait, but this may be neutralized some by the fact that most men who oat in the fraternities and other places where students wait are barely conscious of the fact that the students are waiting upon them. However, in other houses, reports show the situation to be the exact opposite of this...
...Bratianu Premier, famed Ion (John) the Great in 1881. His son, also Ion and also great, saw the Rumanian House of Hohenzollern safely through the War, which brought the nation huge new territories. He induced flamboyant Queen Marie's quiet husband (whose name, already forgotten, was Ferdinand) to exact the abdication of Crown Prince Carol. When King Ferdinand died and Carol's son Mihai became Rumania's "Boy King" (TIME, Aug. 1, 1927), Rumanians said "It is now Ion who reigns and rules," but later that same year grizzled, astute old Ion Bratianu died, leaving the Premiership...
...Gardiner had no intention of allowing the Museum to be "taken over" by any meddling curator while she was winging through celestial galleries. So she added a codicil to the will, ordering every picture and every vase or other object to be kept eternally in the exact spot in which she had it before she died. If this was not done, the whole collection was to be taken to Paris, auctioned off, and the proceeds were to go to Harvard University. Now that this truth is out, some Harvard man will call at the Crimson and we shall tell...
...emancipation of mankind from the Capitalist grasp as the only inspiration for a really vital art in the present and future." I protest, as a connoisseur of prophecy. Mr. Philbrick can see into the future no farther than John Doe and I, and anyone who cared to predict the exact opposite would be just as right as Mr. Philbrick. It is shrewd to confine dialectic to the here...
...Houses for the purpose of arousing interest in the affair. Last night the Harvard Band agreed to join the ralliers on their march from the Yard to the further side of the river, and the ralliers hope to induce some of the coaches and players to attend. The exact location of the place where the "Sons of Eli" will be burned at the climax of the meeting has not been determined...