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...direction, as she was steaming in the line of flight. He followed the same procedure when he sighted the Reid and the Raleigh. At 3:40 in the afternoon he reached Iceland, the total time of the flight having been 8 hrs. and 40 min. "It was a cinch after the first two hours," said he, "but at the beginning it was nip and tuck." Meanwhile, the planes which had put back waited for another chance to attempt the most perilous flght of their journey home. On Sunday, they hopped off. The sun was shining; there was no hint...
Eastman will win the shotput, and Dunker will add three more points to the Harvard total. Esselystya and Chamberlain of Yale seem due to cinch third place between them...
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Each hall will play, if possible, a schedule of six games. In order to claim the championship it must win at least four of these games, while to win five would cinch it. The interest in the series so far has been very keen. So far Standish has won all the games, defeating Gore last Wednesday in a fast game by the score of 3-2, the winning goal being made in an overtime period, and taking Smith into camp Thursday by the close score...
...dropped to 25 per cent. The great change here, however, cannot be attributed to careful thought and discussion. The inauguration of a general oral examination for all students accounts for it largely. We have a reminder of a fault still extant. Men, as ever, are looking toward the "cinch", and as long as there is so great a disparity in the work required by different courses, they will continue to be influenced in their choice by other considerations than educational value...