Word: bents
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...perfect conductor of light. Light from a match or pocket flash at one end of a fused quartz rod 25 feet long passed through the tube without appreciable loss of illumination. Further, the light travels intact through bent and twisted tubes, around corners, no matter how long or devious the way, just as a hose carries water...
...possesses extraordinary ductility and elasticity. A rod or tube of it, bent or twisted from its normal position, will return to its former shape when released, without setting permanently. It can be made to assume any desired shape...
...HELL-BENT FER HEAVEN? Fairly true and somewhat unusual picture of the Kentucky mountains in the throes of a revivalist complex...
...yesterday, saying that the weather conditions worked against the possibility of either eight making a good showing. But for the fact that Hubbard caught a crab at the mile mark, where the crew lost many valuable moments, the first eight undoubtedly would have triumphed. Hubbard's outrigger was badly bent, and during the balance of the race he had difficulty in keeping from digging too deep...
This afternoon the Freshman track team will have to display unusual talent to down the Phillips Exeter Academy athletes. A squad of 41, headed by Coach O'Connell and Coach Teschner, will leave on the 1.15 o'clock train for Exeter bent on retrieving their laurels lost at Andover last Saturday. Although the Exeter team appears not to be quite up to the standard set by their rivals, their entries contain many experienced athletes, bound to threaten...