Word: bells
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Entry--Dudley Bell...
Bearing a distinction enjoyed only by figures such as George Westinghouse, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas A. Edison, General Goethals, Orville Wright, Guglielmo Marconi, Ambrose Swazey (TIME, Feb. 25. 1924), Mr. Stevens arose to deprecate, to give thanks. He briefly ran over his life?a start in Maine, no technical training, the acquisition of knowledge through observation. He concluded: "There is not a man who ever worked for me whom I cannot now call my friend. That is my greatest triumph...
...about outside the stands or perched like rooks in trees about the course. The Kang was not there nor was the Prince of Wales; but this unusual state of affairs was to some extent remedied by the presence of Lord Derby and other famed sportsmen. Time went on; a bell rang; 33 spry horses came out and began to dance. Suddenly the crowd took a long breath; Lord Derby lifted his binoculars; yoho, they were off, yo frightfully...
...coming year to give courses at the University as visiting lecturers, it was announced last night. Oliver Elton, Professor of English literature, will come from the University of Liverpool; Charles, W. Hackett, associate Professor of Latin-American history, will come from the University of Texas; and Eric T. bell, Professor of mathematics, from the University of Washington...
...Eric T. Bell, graduated from Leland Stanford University in 1904. As an assistant professor of mathematics he began teaching at the University of Washington in 1912, became Associate Professor, and in 1923 full Professor. This year, he was won the Bocher Memorial Prize of the American Mathematical Society...