Word: exaction
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...proved inconclusive. The railroads are coming into the season where their maximum tonnage is ordinarily hauled and, with good crops in prospect, should do rather well this autumn. Comparison of freight loadings this fall with the banner year of 1923 is, however, apt to be unfair and misleading. The exact crop situation is still undetermined, especially in corn and cotton, being still dependent upon the weather. It is mainly a question whether the farmer will do very well, or only fairly well. The real thrill in business just now is furnished by real estate. The Oct. 1 renting season comes...
...Hall tore the outer boards off the framework of the door on the north side, a small pencil sketch of a gentleman dressed in colonial clothes was seen among the other ancient scrawls. Above the drawing was the inscription. "Bedamn, Ben", Archacologists of the University are puzzled regarding the exact meaning of "Bedamn", but as the picture portrays a somewhat portly gentleman, they deduce that "Ben" probably refers to Benjamin Franklin, and that the drawing was a tribute to him by one of his more ardent admirers...
...announced yesterday afternoon at the H. A. A. that work on the contemplated baseball cage, the gift of an anonymous donor, will not be begun at present. The exact date when operations will begin is still clouded with uncertainty, but Major F. W. Moore '93, graduate treasurer, admitted that there was no likelihood of the cage being completed in time for the coming season...
Rumors of a still greater change are in the air, to the effect that the Cooperative Society will soon demolish its present quarters, and replace them with a new and modern building. No information was available as to the exact date when this change will take place...
...remarks quoted in the public prints are exact reproductions of what has actually been said. Reportorial practice is to set down the gist of a speaker's words, couched in phraseology approximately but not actually his own, except for any memorable "purple patches," i. e., neat or colorful or specially emphasized word combinations. But "purple patches" are indeed preserved and different accounts of a given statement or interview usually tally very closely. If they do not, a variation indicates either bad reporting or the pressure of policy...