Word: built
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Uritsky Palace, onetime Taurid Palace, was built by Catherine the Great for her lover, Gregory Aleksandrovitch Potemkin. It was there, 21 years ago, that the first Duma (Parliament) met, only to be suppressed by the fiat of the Autocrat of All the Russias, Nicholas...
Quarters for the football teams are being built on the sides of the Stadium under the seats, and will be ready for use during the game tomorrow, if work at present under way can be completed in time. The new quarters will be provided with hot and cold water and will be reached through openings at the center of the east and west sides of the Stadium...
...moral aspect, therefore, the objector may well confine himself; it betrays a sufficient number of facts for discussion; on it alone may a solid case be built. Does inviolate tradition condone all? Does an air of the sacrosanct vindicate every blemish on the tabernacle? The reply is obviously one which must bow to the canons of good taste. Until the daily vaudeville ceases the public will be expected to stop, to stare, perhaps to snicker in adolescent fashion. But the public stops not to be entertained--these diversions have no relation to the word--but rather in amazement...
...exert his best efforts until the case is ready to be presented. The plan is to give as many men as possible the intensive practice incident to preparing for an important debate, the coaches assert, so that a body of experienced material will be built up upon which to draw for future debates...
...special engine, the first of its kind every built in this country, has been purchased, and will be used for the experiment projected by the Engineering School. This engine, remarkable or its high potential speed, is of German invention. The problem facing engineers at present is to get higher speed and less weight, and the achievement of this end would make diesel airplane engines practical...