Word: ascertains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...competitive prize in the field of literature, or in any one department of learning, the idea is wholly acceptable, but as a contest to ascertain the relative amounts of culture in one university and another, it is meaningless. It is to be hoped that the inactivity forced on the wits this season will not seriously impair their cerebral accomplishments so that we may look forward to another illuminating and amusing showdown in the future. Cornell...
...contract for the Caloric engine, a type of which was used in the Monitor states among other things that at first a Philadelphia man and his associates desired to "ascertain whether Ericson's Caloric Engine might be employed for the purpose of propelling city rail-road cars." This part of the contract however did not materialize for only Ericson's signature is appended...
Following an open meeting held recently to ascertain popular opinion on the subject, the Smith Halls Dormitory Committee voted to purchase a radio...
...merchants. The seven story pile was surmounted by a dome which a periodical of the day describes as "elegant and spacious, . . . 100 feet 10 inches circumference, the base protected by a handsome railing, within which is a seat and box, containing a perspective glass, used daily to ascertain the shipping entering the harbor...
...first round of the State Squash Racquets tournament continued to advance slowly yesterday, although the closing hour was scheduled for last night. It was impossible to ascertain, at a late hour last night, how much longer will be allowed for the playing of the preliminary round...