Word: along
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Along a Maine island's rocky, windswept shore briskly stepped a young man, dark-eyed, keenly alert. When he arrived at a white, two-story, shingled house, surrounded by towering trees, thick shrubs, he turned in at its gate. North Haven townsfolk had told him this was the summer home of Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow; that the blue-shirted rustic hoeing in the garden was Caretaker Hubert O. Grant. Quietly the young man approached the caretaker, spoke: "Good morning, sir. I'm sick. The doctor has told me to stay outdoors. Can you give...
...aviation patents and so much litigation developed from them that holders of aviation patents finally formed a holding company, Manufacturers' Aircraft Association, in which nearly all U. S. aviation patents were pooled, each contributor having an equity in the profits on all the patents. General Motors has, all along, been represented in the Association through membership of two subsidiaries, Dayton-Wright Co. and Fisher Bodies Corp...
...understanding of a field, then courses other than these introductory surveys, seem a hindrance. Seniors, if they are not assumed to be robots, has best go their own gait, using lectures, books, and discussions for one general end according to their individual capacity,--not for several unintegrated courses along the way. The tutorial system, in other words, still seems to be superimposed, to integrate the course system; whereas ideally the course system should merely supplement it. This seems to be the prevalent opinion. But one system can only grow at the expense of the other--hence, lower required courses...
...worth within the next few days. He is tall, heavy, and possessed of a great deal of racing experience but whether or not he will shape up to the requirements for a good stroke oar whether Gains to be seen. In the short stretches he sends his crew along with about the same amount of form as the first eight cut the crucial test which comes in raising the beat is still...
Grand slams in the 440 and 880 yard runs and eight points in the high hurdles, the pole vault and the shot put, along with 11 first places netted the Freshman track team a victory over Exeter at Exeter...