Word: compact
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...clarify the situation which has existed since last year in regard to the serving of beer in the House dining halls. Some of the Housemasters have supported beer from the first and are growing impatient of delay, others have been converted more recently: now they stand in a fairly compact body behind its introduction. But the liquor laws and age limits exist in a fog of doubt, and until that fog is dispelled, there is small hope for action...
...aluminum balls, each atop a 25-ft. column of textolite, each column mounted on a massive four-wheel truck. The two trucks were on a single track which ran the length of the hangar and beyond. Small manholes opened into both aluminum balls which were rigged up inside as compact laboratories...
...face him. held the Senators to one hit in the eighth & ninth. It took one more inning to break up the ball game, end the series. There were two out and two-&-two on little Mel Ott. As the next ball came he swung with everything in his compact body and crack! the ball sailed away high for centre field. Centre Fielder Schulte raced for the fence. He reached as far into the $1 bleacher seats as he could. The falling ball ticked his glove, glanced away into the stand with Schulte sprawling after it. One of the umpires wanted...
...institute of Geographical Exploration, under the direction of Mr. McCaleb, has devised a small receiving set specially adapted for sled work. The instrument is very compact as well as powerful, and the model of it is now at the Geographical Institute. A low power transmitter is combined in the field communicator...
Flesh & Steel The Italians fly in a cavalcade of seven compact triads and one quartet. Leading them all is Balbo 's plane, identified by a large black star on the fuselage. Each plane, with a crew of two pilots, a radioman & mechanic, is equipped with a pneumatic lifeboat. Each man has a sort of light diving suit in which he can live for half an hour under water. Taboo as provisions are liquor and chicken. To Italian airmen fowl is a jinx...