Word: slating
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...three-the blows fell on a large slate tablet engraved with a golden cross. At the third blow the tablet cracked across. The door did not seem to budge. Pope Pius faced about and returned to his throne...
...acres of meadow and rough woodland just west of Hartford, Conn., cut by boiling trout streams, bordered by the Farmington River. Built thereon, a rough-hewn stone village, copied after old Colonial villages, with heavy-timbered gables, hand-joined by wooden pegs; with split-oak roof-trees, slate-slabbed roofs and other backwoods atmosphere. In this village, a population of hardy schoolboys, citizen-students of Avon College (a school and junior college, preparatory to universities...
...work of the cross-country team today brings to a close one of the most successful seasons in years. Only the reverse at the hands of Yale last week in the triangular meet at Princeton marred a clean slate for the runners, and close followers of distance running know that only the poor condition of the men ten days ago caused the surrender of the triangular cross-country title. Coach Farrell loses only two men this year by graduation. Cutcheon and Captain Chapin are both Seniors, but in O'Neil and Luttman of the present Freshman team Coach Farrell...
Dartmouth's slate, which promises to be as clean as anyone's at the end of the season, was never threatened with a smudge from Brown. Messrs. Hall, Oberlander, Dooley, Leavitt and their assistants travelled 222 yards during an afternoon punctuated with many imperfect passes by Brown. Score: Dartmouth 10, Brown...
...building will be four stories high, the first story being granite, and the other three red brick, with a slate roof. The dimensions will be approximately 130 feet by 56 feet. The front of the building will have four large wood pilasters of about the same size as those in the rear, and two smaller pilasters, one on each side of the door. The style of architecture will be Georgian, and will conform to a large degree with the buildings in the Yard...