Word: air
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...spite of this self-satisfied air among the Jews of America there is no lack of Jewish problems in America. Above all there is the problem of assimilation which is making big strides. The younger generation does not understand Yiddish...
...Akron, Ohio, from an airplane a mile high, it seemed as if some gigantic bird had laid 15 spherical eggs on a field near the city. Soon the eggs rose and floated away to the northeast. The illusion was shattered; for no egg that can float in the air has yet been laid. Closer inspection revealed that these objects were balloons with baskets tied to their bottoms. In the baskets were anxious, active specks of men. They jockeyed with the wind, sailed away to Canada, New York, New England...
Having given its curious readers the parsley, the Boston Traveler last week revealed the meat. The aviator's name is Harry N. Atwood. For the last five years, he has been drawing up plans in his hilltop home in Monson, Mass., for a multi-motored, heavier-than-air ship capable of carrying 100 passengers across the Atlantic in less than 48 hours...
...following program will be given tonight at the Pops: Overture to "Norma" Bellini Air for String Orchestra, from the Suite in D major, No. 3 Bach Overture to "Leonore No. 3" Beethoven The Square and Compass Club Choir a. Hymn to Nature Beethoven b. The Lost Chord Sullivan "The Magic Flute," Overture Mozart Unfinished Symphony in B minor Schubert "Euryanthe," Overture Weber Fifth Hungarian Dance Brahms Waltz, "By the Beautiful Blue Danube" Strauss Overture Solennelle, "1812" Tchaikovsky
...upper end of this tube was split into two branches?one supplying Mr. Beebe with air, the other connecting with a delicate telephone receiver. Thus, Mr. Beebe utilized the column of air which kept him alive, to transmit the sound waves of his voice to an amanuensis at the sea's surface. The device was contrived by Dr. Mark Barr, English physicist, who accompanied the expedition...