Word: crackly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...west of Lake Albert and overlooked by the lofty snow-range of the Mountains of the Moon. There he lived for weeks in one of the Pygmy camps. After many disappointments, he at last saw a beam of sunshine fall upon the chocolate-colored back of his rare quarry. "Crack!" went his Winchester. The okapi died in great agony. Excepting an elephant-hunter who had previously shot an okapi but failed to preserve the skin, all other Europeans have depended on the natives' clever trapping. An okapi was once brought to the Antwerp Zoological Gardens, but soon died. There...
...since taking office, instituted a suit of magnitude. He attacked a monster group-some 50 Standard Oil and other oil companies, charging restraint of trade under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. He also asked for injunctions to stop alleged illegal procedure. The case was brought in regard to the "cracking" process for petroleum. In refining crude oil, gasoline is taken off by distillation. But on account of the great demand for gasoline, more of it is obtained by subjecting the residue of heavier oil to heat and pressure. Under this pressure, some of the heavier oil "cracks;" that is, breaks...
Almost at the crack of the starting pistol Yale shot a quarter of a length ahead of Harvard. For half a mile the race was fast and close, but little by little the Elis left their rivals behind and the race became slower. It soon became clear that the Blues were taking things easy and no effort at speed was made until the last quarter-mile, when the Yale crew made a final but unnecessary spurt which sent them to victory in a majestic and exultant sweep, four lengths ahead of the Crimsons. Then the Blue crew for the fourth...
...crack New Haven crew...
...Astronomy at Amherst College. Dr. Todd, who has been making solar studies from an observatory near Philadelphia, discovered a great mass of spots on the eastern edge of the sun, and drew the conclusion that the sun is breaking up. He is said to have claimed that a crack is becoming visible...