Word: built
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...these-carefully prepared and prereleased to the press-the editing of Janizaries Corcoran & Cohen was unmistakable. They stamped Mr. Ickes as Possibility No. 1 in the Janizariat's mind for a 1940 Presidential candidate acceptable to Mr. Roosevelt, a candidate to be built up before Democratic National Chairman Jim Farley and his alliance of local bosses can converge on someone else, such as Missouri's Senator Bennett Clark.* "I think President Roosevelt would carry the United States if he ran again, and he might have to run," declared Mr. Ickes...
...Latin word pronounced lee-mace, meaning crossroad, limit, boundary, passage. Limes Germanicus, built in the First Century A.D. from the Rhine to the Danube, was a series of forts to keep the Teuton barbarians out of the Roman Empire...
...howls recently set up in the vicinity of Langdell Hall to contest the invasion of six squash courts in the new Hemenway gymnasium by the varsity team, arise from the false notion that the new courts were built expressly for the convenience of the Law School, or if not, that they should have been. The law students do not seem to realize that for years the varsity squash team has been pursuing its way around courts that have varied more than two feet in dimension, and their need for the standard courts at Hemenway outweighs the burden on law students...
Winners of the other running events, all of which were over fractional distances averaging three quarters of the regular stretch, were Price, who took the 330 in 39 seconds flat, and Houghton who built up a big lead to win the three quarter mile...
Transportation tie-ups caused by the storm delayed delivery of steel and other materials for the arena now being built by the Boston Skating Club, Coach Hodder had planned to use it for tow-hour daily practice periods before the opening encounter with Boston University on December 20. Now it seems as if he will have to use the downtown Arena again...