Word: ascendency
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...control. This was the last type of machine he had flown at Avord and it is the first type taken up at this school. After a few short flights to demonstrate his ability and to learn the machine, he was sent up for practice in spiraling. For this you ascend to 1,000 metres and from that altitude you spiral down to 600 metres where you stop the spiral and descend to the ground in normal and wide turns. He commenced his spirals normally, but, when at 600 metres, he did not stop. At about this altitude the machine "slipped...
...Senior class picture will be taken outside Sanders Theatre or on the steps of Widener early next Wednesday afternoon. All Seniors must wear gowns on this occasion. Directly afterwards the Freshman class will ascend the stands and pose for its picture. All members of the Freshman class should appear upon the scene with the pockets of their coats, trousers, and vests bagging with change, bills, and checks, since the Seniors will politely but repeatedly extract funds for the Senior Picnic...
...Boston team has had a very successful early season, as it won from Tufts 2 to 1, breaking the latter's winning streak, and from Georgetown, which beat the University 8 to 1, by a score of 5 to 4 in a ten-inning game. Mahan will probably ascend the mound for the University, although he worked last Saturday and again lightly on Wednesday...
...line of the subway is through Brattle street to Murray street, where the "elevated trains," as the subway cars will be called, will ascend to the street. Surface cars from Newton and North Cambridge will enter the tubes at Cambridge common and Murray street respectively. Both tubes are so built that a platform two feet wide runs beside the tracks for the entire distance so that in case of accident or breakdown the passengers can walk to the nearest station without incurring any risk from electric wires...
...subway itself will run through Brattle street to Murray street, where the "elevated trains," as the subway cars will be designated, will ascend to the street. Surface cars from North Cambridge and Newton will pass underground at the Cambridge Common and at Murray street, respectively...