Word: cut
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...served as Chief Engineer in the Porto Rican Army. After planning forts near Newport he joined the General Staff in Washington, where his abilities caught the tiny, twinkling eyes of William Howard Taft. Mr. Taft spoke of him to President Roosevelt. President Roosevelt ordered him to Panama to cut a waterway from the Atlantic to the Pacific...
Near the storied river Ganges, at flourishing Allahabad, Central India, stands a jail. Last week 100 Indians, incarcerated at hard labor, revolted, pinioned their native overseer and vengefully cut off his nose. Then, arming themselves with edged tools, they climbed to the roof of the jail and bade fanatical defiance to the British Empire as personified by additional warders who appeared armed with revolvers, dragging a machine...
...decision at the commencement of the present academic year to cut all CRIMSON competitions down to nine weeks has necessitated this change which gives Freshmen two opportunities to try out for the Board instead of one as was the case in previous years. The shift from one to two competitions will also involve a certain change in the nature of these contests. Freshmen were formerly called out around the first of March and then competed for membership on the Board until the middle of May. This was the only chance offered to make the Board until the Sophomore year. With...
...hear that people think 'The Road to Rome', is somewhat naughty, but either I am too wrapped up in the producing of the drama, or else I am just different: I cannot see why after our first performance here in Boston they should cut the lines, and what choice bit they were, too! I do not mean to criticise the Boston audience at all, for contrary to most people's opinion. I find that it is very receptive. Maybe it is because there are so many students out there among the people. I always enjoy playing before students anyway. They...
...Pieces of eight" has become a byword in connection with Treasure Island. The coins displayed are dated in the 1690's and are the crude money of which Stevenson wrote. Instead of being minted, the silver coins were cut from the end of rough silver bars, and stamped with a design in the center. The edges remained irregular...