Word: arc
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have preserved the evidence, both written and printed, of the unbelievably nasty methods used to abuse and attack the Democratic nominee for president of the Anti-Smith forces and by those who were religiously intolerant. There arc those in the South who regard religious liberty as the peculiar privilege of their own kind. There are also women in Texas who offered prizes to those who would "scour" the country and secure the most votes for Hoover. (Was it the women who were to purify politics?). . . . Jo MILLER GRAVES...
...Bourbon. Certainly complete devotion' to Catholicism and to Rome, well illustrated by his dogged resistance to the Civil Constitution, contributed not a little toward Louis' condemnation. It can even be argued with assurance that religious motives contributed as largely toward his execution as toward the martyrdom of Joan of Arc...
...change in the direction of the vertical is to be found in the precise observations of stars for latitude. A photographic zenith telescope locates the position of the zenith with respect to the stars with the order of accuracy of about a hundredth of a second of arc, which corresponds to a foot on the earth's surface. Several thousands of such observations for latitude were made some time ago by Ross at Gaithersburg, Maryland, one of the stations of the International Latitude Survey. It was the recent analysis of this series of observations that brought to light the variation...
...that can boast a broken finger as the most serious accident to any member during a whole season's play. But it is just this result which the Harvard system of training is designed to produce. Though the ninety minute practice established this fall contrasts sharply with the extended arc-lit sessions common in other institutions, the Harvard team was more successful than it has been in years; and the energy conserved by curtailed practice resulted not only in increased team effectiveness but provided a satisfactory margin of power devoted to individual protection...
...There must be a Government by tomorrow!" cried M. Poincaré. "It is Armistice Day and a Government must honor the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe...