Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President is in the Black Hills but his watch is still in Washington. As recently as last week, at any rate, the presidential timepiece was still set at Washington time?two hours ahead of time in the Black Hills. The clock in the State Lodge kitchen was also running on Eastern time. Thus the President, rising at 7 a. m. by his watch, rose at 5 a. m. by Black Hills' time. He has on several occasions arrived at Rapid City ahead of his staff; and his secretary, Everett Sanders, now goes to bed at 8:30 p. m. (Mountain...
...Sure you can," said a stout gentleman. "Be calm. Just go ahead and 'tend to Mr. Flinn...
...winning design also should be given the job of building the ship, it could not collect the prize-money. Inasmuch as the dirigible will cost in the neighborhood of $4,500,000, the $50,000 becomes a small detail and the Goodyear company will, in all probability, go ahead with the construction job which will take some three years for completion...
...Grand Challenge Cup Race of the Royal Henley Regatta on the Thames last week. It was a magnificent duel. Kent had the weight advantage and youth. The Thames Club had years of experience. Stroke for stroke, the two shells raced over three-quarters of the course. Then Kent nosed ahead. Jack Beresford quickly raised the stroke in the Thames Club boat. By a quarter of a length, the Thames Club won that race; later, by wider margins, it captured the Grand Challenge...
...Yale boat floundered, paused, began a new and desperate rhythm-but Harvard was too far ahead and too powerful to be caught. Harvard won by three-quarters of a length-its first varsity crew victory over Yale since 1920. That night, there was toasting of Coach Edward Brown, whose first year at Harvard was crowned with the fruits of the Thames...