Word: rapidly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...present prosperity, secured for him many followers, Mohammed was a practical reformer and did not press the people too far. He took the chief of the tribal deities and elevated them to the position of omnipotent God. His Allah was based on the tribal theology, and hence the rapid progress of the new religion...
...freshman crew is working hard from 3 to 6 o'clock daily. They are making rapid progress and are far ahead of all former freshman crews at this time in the year...
...conclusion is not in harmony with the first part of the story. "Six-Paris" is an incident of the last siege of Paris. The story is interesting even exciting, but the suspense in which one is held while reading is hardly justified by the unsatisfactory ending. The movement is rapid and effective, and, with the exception of a little padding in the second paragraph, is well written and put together. "A Story out of History" is unlike anything that has appeared in the Advocate for some time. It savors somewhat of the fairy tales of Madame D'Aubigne...
After many disappointments it is thought that the hopes of the students for a rapid transit between Boston and Cambridge are about to be realized. A number of electric cars have been tried, but all have been found lacking in some particular or other, but yesterday afternoon a new one, of the Hewins make, ran successfully in Cambridge. The car, with the president of the West End road, and W. L. Stevens, the patentee of the motor used, on board, left the Cambridgeport headquarters, and went up Broadway to Harvard square, ascending the steep grade on Broadway without difficulty. From...
...understanding of the subject. With a picture or series of pictures before him, the student may gain in a few minutes a better idea of the principles of art than the readings of columns can convey; if the two methods of reading and practical study of illustration are combined, rapid advance is possible. The library of the University is poverty striken as far as classical and contemporary art is concerned. Of artists now living or of those belonging to the last generation, there is not a trace. Classic art is represented only by a few wood cuts and copies...