Word: cracked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...chasers kept watch prepared to use their guns in case she succeeded in reaching the surface-they had used all their depth charges and had sent one chaser in for more. Finally, there was silence for some hours, followed by a very sharp ringing sound recognized as the crack of a revolver. This was succeeded by other sinister sounds in rapid succession, twenty-five in all, which indicated all too clearly that the doomed crew had abandoned hope of getting their vessel under way and hand resorted to suicide rather than suffer a slow agonizing death by suffocation...
...delegates to this convention of communists who are the avowed foes of capitalism, nationalism, and militarism have been treated to a big dose of Russian nationalism and militarism in the shape of several colossal military reviews of the crack Red Army, newly equipped from head to foot, and attended by all the cheering the display of national pride that only a splendid martial review can call forth. To this the delegates merely observed that their parties at home would be inspired by the example of the Red Army to give battle unflinchingly, a countenancing of militarism which is certainly...
With a team which started this season as one of the least promising in recent years the University runners face today in the Stadium a crack Yale team which includes a large number of veterans from the Blue aggregation of a year ago, the team which won last year's dual meet by a score of 62 1-3 to 54 2-3. With this in view, it would seem that the University runners are facing a most difficult task, but the impressive victory over M. I. T. a week ago, and the work done by the team in practice...
There is one race in today's meet to which all track enthusiasts are looking forward with especial keenness. This event is the mile run, which promises to be a real battle between Burke, the star Crimson miler, and Douglas. Yale's crack runner from last year's Freshman team who has done close to record time in several meets this year. Douglas is a slight favorite to win, but Burke should give him a hard flight for the University runner has done some very fine work this year, winning the event last Saturday from Sanborn...
...would make it appear that his chances of being the first to break the tape are of the brightest, but the Elis have uncovered a world of strength in Chapman, a member of last year's yearling team, who was second by a small margin to Stevenson, the Princeton crack, and National Quarter-Mile Champion, in the Tiger-Eli meet a week ago. Merrill, captain of last year's Freshman team, is with Chute the best Crimson but against a Blue win in this race. Merrill is capable of exceptionally fast time, and may spring a surprise by breaking...