Word: lateral
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...miles, but in the evening Marshall, one of the party, became so exhausted that they left him behind with a companion, while Shackleton and another man pushed on alone. They marched almost all night and early the next afternoon felt the ice heaving under their feet. A little while later they reached open water, but as it was foggy they could not discover the ship. So they cached most of their goods and proceeded along the edge of the ice to their hut, where they found a note, saying where the "Nimrod" would shelter, and that it would leave...
...born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, December 17, 1835. His early education was acquired previous to 1849, when he came to America, spending the next two years here in preparing for Harvard. Graduating from the University with the degree of A.B. he entered the Lawrence Scientific School and two years later received from there the degree of Bachelor of Science...
...trend of American custom, observable at Harvard as in every other community, is away from the old Puritan strictness. Sooner or later we shall reach the point where any reasonable means of exercise or recreation that is permissible on week-days will not be thought out of place on Sunday. We believe that Sunday tennis playing would not be repugnant either to the city of Cambridge or to the University, and that it would be welcomed by many students for whom Sunday is often a day of deadly dullness...
Professor Torrey was born on August 29, 1871 at Burlington, Vermont. He was educated at the University of Vermont, being graduated in 1893. Three years later he received his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Harvard, and the following year from the University of Vermont. He was an instructor and assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Vermont. In 1905 he was appointed by the Harvard Corporation assistant professor of chemistry, which position he held until his death...
...prize essays may be chosen by each competitor for himself, within the special limitations of each prize, but must be submitted for approval to the Secretary of the Committee on Prizes in Political Science. No essay may contain more than 100,000 words; they must be handed in not later than...