Word: cannoned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...coastal nation controls the sea around it. Some nations, e.g., Spain, Italy, Iran, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Brazil, claim a six-mile limit; others, e.g., the Scandinavians, claim four. Most countries accept the limit of three marine miles, a tradition that goes back to the 18th Century, when a good cannon on the shore could heave a ball three miles to sea.* But many governments have added qualifications which extend their claims beyond three miles, and they never have been able to agree on where the measuring begins. Some measure by the high-water mark, others low-water; others begin...
Christmas came to Harvard yesterday. Disguising himself as Santa Claus, Walter F. Cannon, a Social Sciences I section man, has returned all essays to his students with Yule trimmings. Even failing papers were handed back tightly rolled and bound with gaily colored ribbon. Lollypops and Christmas tags with the students' first names on them were also attached...
...himself tour, Lyttelton sat behind a 2-in. cannon in a seven-ton armored car, one of a convoy of twelve. The road was lined with Gurkhas and police facing outward with bayoneted rifles held at the ready. Lyttelton seemed displeased by so much protection. But on the second day of his tour, a Communist guerrilla with a live grenade in his pocket was captured. After that, Lyttelton's guard was strengthened, his itinerary changed...
...only airplane in production today capable of challenging the MIG on approximately even terms." Above 25,000 ft., it can outrun and outclimb the F-86, and it can maneuver at supersonic speeds. U.S. pilots claim that with its two 23-mm. and one 37-mm. cannon the MIG is better armed than the F-86 with its eight .50-cal. machine guns...
...other side the two change, and Godolphin comes out the laborer. Every year the highjinks at "horsing" change, but one constant is the tradition of the seniors ridiculing the professors, singing songs, and smoking clay pipes together. The ceremony closes with every senior breaking his pipe against the cannon...