Word: impromptue
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...impromptu concert was led by drum-major George F. Lowman '38, high-scoring forward of the crimson basketeers, and was witnessed by an enthusiastic crowd of house residents who thronged the court and hung out of windows...
...festivities start at 10 o'clock, the evening reaching a climax with a moonlight boat ride on the Charles if there's a moon. Anyway sightseeing boats from the Basin will be on hand at an impromptu landing near the House to take those who want to for a cooler on, the river...
...heard that General Mola's forces were advancing down the mountains, President de Aguirre hopped out of the luxurious hotel in which he has been living, ordered to the front every male in Bilbao capable of bearing arms, seized a rifle himself and rushed off to a brilliant, impromptu Basque counter- offensive which in latest dispatches was blocking Mola some 16 miles outside the city...
Added years didn't dull Rogers' wit. When the famous pump in the Yard was repaired last June, he was asked to have the first drink. In a brief impromptu speech he praised water as a benefit to humanity, saying "it's done so much for navigation...
Being the only course which rates full credit, English F packs in for one half year all the men trying to learn to speak. It is usually the beginning and cud of their training, for they cannot waste creditless half years in English E and H. Two impromptu talks and three exercises in delivery are the content, along with five major speeches sandwiched between lectures on subjects like persuasion and commanding attention. The semester is capped, mirabile dictu, by a written examination. Thus in effect the sole course, English F tries to accomplish too much, skimming lightly over each topic...