Word: bases
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Marines killed last week were part of the detachment of 36 commanded by Lieut. Edward F. O'Day, who was escorting 85 unloaded pack mules back from the outpost of Yali to the advanced Marine base at Condega in Northern Nicaragua...
...Lord '28, the foremost candidate for the catcher's berth, has been taking his turn regularly behind the bat with a recently-formed first-string infield, made up of R. E. Durkee '29, and J. A. Prior '29 alternating at the first-base position, J. J. Carver '30 at the keystone sack, R. C. Sullivan '28 at shortstop, and G. E. Donaghy '29 at the hot corner...
...canals to make the visiting Dutch rubber trader homesick. The dark-red bricks are so well woven together, the boxes of flowers on the window ledges are so neatly kept, the whole place is so clean-it is a bit of Holland low-country snuggling at the base of Manhattan peaks...
...Willis predictions and the security of Los Angeles, the Hill report said: "From the first time I heard these cries of disaster and from the time I began to investigate them, I knew that they were ill-founded and that some, as yet unexposed fallacy lay at the base of them. These doubts were based upon a long acquaintance with the geologic and historic facts of Southern California. We, of Southern California, where engineering skill has long been at its highest, knew that no such movements had occurred here within the recollection of man. If so, our aqueduct across...
...last appearance in Boston before he sets out on his hazardous aeroplane dash to the South Pole. The expedition is now forming, and the start is scheduled for September. Commander Byrd plans to build a small city on the rim of the Atlantic continent and to make this the base for his flight. He will outline his plane in detail on Thursday...