Word: exaction
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...seniors are requested to bring the exact change for their Class Day tickets...
...seniors are requested to bring the exact change for their Class Day tickets...
...several newspapers, notably one at Yale, have published incorrect reports of the affair, we have obtained the exact facts, which are as follows: On account of the protest against Bonine, which if he had been placed, might have given second prize to third man, Mr. Baxter was deputed to place the third man. As the runners finished, first and second almost abreast, and third add fourth almost even, but 4 feet behind the leaders, he could not accurately judge between first and second without running the risk of making a mistake in his special duty of placing third...
Before the erection of the Dionysiac Theatre in the fifth century before Christ, a wooden scaffolding was used for the performance of the early dramas. The exact arrangement of stage and orchestra in the theatre is not fully understood, and archaeologists still differ widely in their views about essential features. False notions have sprung up about the appearance of the theatre through the descriptions which late Roman writers made of it. To dwell carefully on the details of this grand structure, in which the greatest of the world's dramas were performed, is one of the most grateful tasks...
...scenery used on the occasion was very well adapted, the stage in one scene being an exact reproduction of room I, which is occupied by Miss Braislin, the Professor of Mathematics. The costumes were Japanese, with the exception of that of Latisha, which was classical. The Mathematikado wore a black robe of angular cut, embellished with geometrical figures in white; Trig Trig on the contrary was a pretty young girl in white, with wondrous problems pictured on her dress in black lines and figures; Ayty Ayt was an interesting and susceptible young man; and Bot Ah Nee wore a gown...