Word: accountants
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thought I could get along without TIME and the only reason I discontinued my subscription was on account of having numerous magazines, but I made a mistake, as TIME gives me more news than all the others put together. I can read TIME in my spare moments and know all the news that is going...
...instrument board, he can tell by the feel of his plane that he is traveling in a straight line parallel with the ground and is ready to land gracefully. An inexperienced pilot often fails to detect a wind that is causing his plane to drift sideways. This may account for a wrecked landing-gear, a crumpled wing. This is why planes, like pitching ducks, land directly into the wind whenever possible. A perfect landing is when the two wheels and the tail-skid touch the ground in unison...
...fall meeting of the Athletic Association," says a contemporary account of the meet, took place Saturday afternoon. The track had been prepared with great care, but as it had frozen in the night and thawed in the forenoon it was in a bad condition. A large number of ladies were present and the meeting was altogether a successful...
Doubtless, even with the desired pledges, the plan would not thereby become an assured success. Men might fail to redeem promises lightly made. On this account, the pledges should be signed with something like due deliberation. Moreover, the running of the hall without detrimental loss is still only a scheme on paper. The reasonable price at which it is proposed to offer viands is good fodder for skeptics who cannot be categorically contradicted. Yet, the University has studied this aspect of the problem as well as the others and is to a certain extent, plighting its faith with the student...
...tennis match scheduled for yesterday afternoon at Pxotor between the schoolboys and the University second team was called off on account of rain...