Word: bottome
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Barrel's Bottom. The Red forces encountered surprisingly sparse deployments of German tanks and other armor. Probably half of the Reich's armor was pinned down in Italy and France; the remainder was not enough for Russia...
...organization and administration go, Mr. Dewey would prove one of the ablest Presidents who ever sat in the White House. He would pick the best brains the country afforded, regardless of the politicians or party lines, he would delegate authority, he would have departments that clicked from top to bottom...
When a man is healthy, the sound of his heartbeat is a solid, relatively high-pitched bong; when he is ill, it is a dullish, soggy boom. The highest heart sound is somewhere at the bottom of the range of a bass viol; the lowest is inaudible to human ears, even with a stethoscope. A delicate device to record these sounds on photographic film has been developed at Du Font's Haskell Laboratories by Dr. John Henry Foulger and Physicist Paul E. Smith Jr. The device consists of a microphone strapped to the chest, and a foot-long...
...pleasure galleys, in which to float imperially on charming Lake Nemi. The galleys were constructed of oak, pine and fir, covered with wool, sheathed in lead, studded with the bronze heads of wolves and lions, marbles, mosaics, porphyry and precious metals. According to one legend they sank to the bottom of Lake Nemi with all hands aboard except Caligula, who was something of a practical joker. According to another legend they were stripped, allowed to rot and sink by successors to whom even the memory of Caligula was odious. For some 1900 years they remained faintly visible in about...
Company H has won two while losing three, and Company I has one victory and four defeats. Company B, with five defeats and no wins, brings up the bottom of the list. A playoff game for the College softball championship will be held between Company D and Dunster House, the civilian champs, some time next week...