Word: awaye
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last autumn, His Holiness was preparing to enjoy a carriage ride around the spacious Vatican gardens. An open barouche and a pair of glossy spanking Irish steeds waited at the portico of St. Damasus Courtyard. Suddenly the mettlesome beasts became frightened. They shied, snorted, whinnied, plunged. Finally they "ran away" in a mad dash around the high-walled garden...
...port is an hour's ride from the city, it takes away the advantage of flying time. On a trip from New York or Philadelphia to Washington, the time required going to and from distant landing fields would add so much to the flying time as to leave little advantage over railroad transportation...
...soup plate, twelve great balloons nestled in Pitt Stadium at Pittsburgh. The evening light was fading as the first bag, piloted by W. A. Klikoff and Pete Lawson representing Aircraft Development Corp., slowly rose into the air and, once above the rim of the stadium, swam rapidly away in a brisk westerly wind. One after another the rest of the bags rose and floated away...
...jayvee race brought the only Harvard victory, and proved small consolation at that, for Cornell's No. 6 oar snapped at the button over half a mile from the finish. The Ithacans continued pounding away with an heroic beat and clung closely tot he heavy Harvard crew whose shell was noticeably lower in the waves than either, Tech or Cornell. In the final sprint Cornell could not keep up but the prow of the Tech boat riding high and clear, shot forward past amidships of the sinking Crimson shell and nearly snatched the victory from the Harvard eight...
...pinches and the excellent control of the opposing pitcher caused the Freshman baseball team to meet its third defeat of the season by a 3 to 1 verdict, at the hands of the Dartmouth cubs, Saturday at Hanover. This game, which was the first to be played away from home by the first-year nine, broke the record of four straight wins, and enabled the Indians to keep their slate clean...