Word: exception
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...requirement of unanimity is merely a relic of the Anglo-Saxon customs. It is contrary (a) To the practice of every country except England and the United States. Forum IX, p. 314. (b) To all analogies, even in those two countries; e. g., legislative bodies, courts, etc. Forum...
Alphonse Daudet has everything that Zola has not, wit, humor, gaiety and facility. Zola himself said of him that he possessed every quality except strength, and that he gained as he went on. For many years he was under the influence of Dickens, and while under his influhe wrote Delobelle, who was formed after one of the characters of Dickens. In all his qualities he was very variable, and one could never know when he would be at his best and when at his worst...
Rule 3. Any hold, grip, lock, or trip allowed except strangling and full Nelson holds...
...reference to amateur standing and bona fide students, respectively, are substantially the same as the first two of the new rules adopted at Harvard, which were also adopted in the Harvard-Pennsylvania football agreement. Rule III, with regard to the time limit, is the same as the Harvard rule except that a student is allowed to play four years on a 'varsity team regardless of whether he has represented another college before or not. This difference is due to the fact that many of the so-called colleges from which students go to the University of Pennsylvania, are in reality...
...come to the University and give an address to the students, those who had the arrangements in charge took pains to inquire at the office if Sanders Theatre could be had at the time. It was made plain that there was a possibility that Mr. Irving could not lecture except in the forenoon. In reply to this no discouraging answer was given. In fact, there was no intimation that any objections whatever would be raised. Not long after, a letter was sent to Mr. Irving begging him to set the hour in the afternoon if possible. He replied that...