Word: 500th
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cleveland, Batsman George Herman ("Babe") Ruth of the New York Yankees propelled the 500th home run of his American League career. To a country youth who retrieved the ball he gave $20 and a new ball autographed...
...possible to announce any result of their, efforts. It is hoped, however, that several gifts of $50,000 and $100,000 each may shortly be made in order that the library may be pushed to completion in season for the celebration in 1926 of the 500th anniversary of the establishment of the University of Louvain...
...will mark the 500th anniversary of the library, and if the present delay is not permanent, the completed building will be a timely memorial. Each institution contributing is to have a column, stone, arch or window inscribed with its name. The result will be an enduring record of America on Belgian soil...
...poisons, etc. At a moderate estimate, 30 trillions of bacteria are excreted from one human body each day. Yet these 30 trillions weigh, on the average, only two ounces. The biggest known microbe is the bacillus bütschlii (found in the cockroach), which may be 50 microns (one 500th of an inch) in length and about one-tenth as wide. Among the smallest is the bacillus influenzae (0.8x0.3 microns), although the filterable viruses are believed to consist of ultramicroscopic organisms very much smaller. The most active bacteria move about .0012 of an inch a second. In proportion...
...needed for the completion of this library has already been received or is pledged. Gifts . . . keep pouring in and will continue to come until the end is reached . . . to give to his Majesty, the King, and His Eminence, our beloved Cardinal, the joy and happiness of celebrating the 500th anniversary (1925) of the foundation of the University of Louvain in a completed library, that will stand as an everlasting monument to American interest and American affection for Belgium and her people...