Word: block
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Occupants of a new block of municipal flats erected by the London County Council discovered upon moving in last week, that they can rent for sixpence a week (12c) a "garage" large enough to house the most portly "pram" (peram-bulator...
...Yale have always been characterized by new developments in the game of football, the games between Princeton and the University have been known for their viciousness and hard playing on the part of both teams. There is no doubt that the Princeton game has always been the biggest stumbling block for Harvard teams and it is with due regard that Harvard has held the fighting qualities of Princeton's football elevens...
Wandering along Mount Auburn Street, the alumnus will pass through a devastated area of pits and pitfalls, of derricks and ditches. From Dunster Street to Holyoke Street, the block fronting on Mount Auburn Street has been removed, and building will start on new structures to be erected there in the near future. The Dunster Street corner will support a reincarnation of the defunct "Splendid" Restaurant, until last year situated in Harvard Square, while no announcement has been made regarding the remainder of the block...
...Senior football teams remained in a scoreless deadlock at the close of yesterday afternoon's game. Each team had scoring chances; the Sophomores lost an excellent opportunity in the first quarter when the 1927 line stiffened after yielding ground steadily before a strong attack, and then broke through to block a Sophomore drop-kick. Late in the second period, the 1929 team, with its backfield functioning in steam-roller style, pushed the pigskin to the Senior 15-yard stripe, and seemed to be headed for a sure touchdown, when the whistle ended the half...
...high-altitude lake.* And their conclusions, announced last week, paralleled Dr. Millikan's: bombarding the earth from the surrounding universe are some hitherto unknown rays, of submicroscopic wavelength, which far surpass even the gamma rays of radium in their power to penetrate matter. They will pass through a block of steel three feet thick, through six feet of lead...