Word: channeled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...letter to the CRIMSON, Edwin M. Lerner '41 carries the matter to the ridiculous as he urges "cutting a channel from the Charles River around the University property, the river to be patrolled by members of the Naval R.O.T.C. in wherries...
...Dredge sand for this roadbed so as to make a new boat channel in the lee of the sandspit straight through Great South, Moriches and Shinnecock Bays (like a channel already dredged from Fire Island Inlet west to Jones Inlet...
...privately financed machine harvester made its appearance, proved that it could cut sugar cane. It was invented by Allan Ramsey Wurtele, a onetime navy officer and chief engineer of the Federal Barge Lines, who put it together on his sugar plantation in Pointe Coupee parish. Built of steel channel beams welded to a tractor, the machine has hydraulically adjusted, sharp-edged disks which cut the cane at top and bottom, handling 15 to 20 tons of cane per hour, has four-inch rubber cleats on its tires which enable it to negotiate deep mud. According to one eyewitness report...
Four living men of Harvard, all greats in their own field, have retired too soon for the Class of '42 to meet and know. Their heritage to Harvard is cherished, and through the whispering of tradition and the channel of knowledge they still influence new Harvard classes...
...Manhattan, one hot evening last week, Joe Charlton, 31, and his wife Claire, of San Marcos, Calif., boarded the Comet, night boat to Providence, R. I. Going through Hell Gate Channel in the East River, the purser told them there were no more staterooms. Mr. Charlton demanded the captain turn back. Captain Pendelton demurred. Mr. Charlton took off his hat. coat and shoes. "Come on, Claire," he shouted, jumped overboard, struck out for shore through treacherous currents where many a man has drowned. Impressed, Captain Pendelton ordered the Comet pulled up at North Brother Island, let Mrs. Charlton off, telephoned...