Word: withdrew
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...converted into Christian churches; in the 15th century, when the Turks had captured Athens, the crescent replaced the cross. The Parthenon became a mosque, and when the Venetians beseiged the citadel in 1687 it was destroyed by a bomb,- only a part of the splendid temple remains. The Venetians withdrew, and a mosque was again built among these ruins. Early in the present century, when the war of freedom had driven the Turks out of Greece, the Acropolis came again into the hands of its natural possessors. The Greeks treasure and protect it today as a national heritage...
...misunderstanding between Pennsylvania and Harvard with regard to the football game next fall has been satisfactorily settled. Pennsylvania courteously and gracefully withdrew her claims, and the game will be played under the Harvard four-year rule. This will debar Brooke and Williams from the U. of P. team next year...
...breach, and by his heroic firmness and skill, held the road to Chattanooga for six hours, against the whole strength of the victorious enemy. His force of 25,000 dwindled to 15,000. Ammunition gave out. But the gallant division repelled the last charge with cold steel, and withdrew at nightfall in perfect order. A grander resistance can not be found in the annals of history...
...then removed to New York, and became pastor of a congregation that in 1860 was organized as "The Third Unitarian Congregational Church," and represented the most radical branch of his denomination. He dissolved this society in 1879, and went to Europe, and on his return in 1881 formally withdrew from specific connection with any church, and devoted himself to literature in Boston. He had been a leader in the movement that has for its object the promotion of rationalist ideas in theology, and had contributed largely to various journals and reviews. In 1867 he became the first president...
...chorus had all sorts of accessories to carry out the illusion. The dramatic structure of the old comedy was rather curious. First was the prologue which gave a general idea of what the play was about. Then followed the episodes. About the middle came the parabasis, when the actors withdrew and the entire chorus came forward and amused the audience. Peculiar to the old comedy is the "agon," or contest, between the two chief actors. This was not clearly recognized until...