Word: bottomed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...will give the Communist Party free time on the air. It is evident that the radio has assumed a place of political importance at least equal to that of the daily newspaper, and an impartiality whose scope and influence far exceed the best local press organs. At the bottom of this policy of non-partisanship lies the Federal Communications Commission, a body, which, if its present principles are maintained permanently, will do more for the success of democratic government than any possible mechanical reform...
...China Clipper again left the ramp at Alameda, taxied across the harbor. Almost away, she hit a floating log, rammed a hole in her bottom, went back to the landing for repairs. At the same time Pan American elected to change all eight motors in the two Clippers to improved models. Result: Four more days delay...
...campaign, and the college morale is getting shaky. Harriet has not been long in residence when the outbreaks increase in violence. Fuses are blown, windows smashed, obscene decorations and threats are chalked on the conventual walls; a dummy is found hanging in the chapel. Unable to get to the bottom of the mystery, Harriet sends for her savior, Peter Wimsey, only to learn that he has been sent abroad by an anxious Government. The college jitters get worse as the mysterious campaign grows weekly more sinister. In time's nick Lord Peter arrives. Whether he unmasks the ghost before...
Clearer than any handwriting on the wall is the ballot in the Senior class election. At the bottom of that document the glove is flung down to the unwary voter: "DO YOU APPROVE OF THE CLASS CONSTITUTION?" Following this challenge there is a small box in which one's assent is to be given. Assent, indeed, but what of the man who does not approve? Either the Student Council believes such subversiveness impossible in a Harvard student, or else feels secure enough in the saddle so as to brook no opposition...
...snow has lasted out well so that on the top of Mt. Washington there is 16 inches, while at the bottom the depth is four feet. In western Massachusetts there is an average of two feet of snow, while at Laconia, where the New Hampshire Third Class Championship races are being held, the depth is three feet...