Word: dashings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...laughed at the Tories, then cursed them; and he stirred the people. But if he had lived today, he would have found a new enemy, and faced a struggle for which he could have found no words. One can no longer put an edge on the verbal sword, and dash up intellectual Bunker Hills; if one did, one would trip over the scabbard. Any one who tries to give battle at the present day can echo the despairing words of Peer Gynt: "It's like a fight among bears, half-asleep and snarling." The fact is, there's nothing...
Federal Cold Treatment No. 2: two aspirin tablets, a teaspoon of baking soda, a dash of aromatic spirits of ammonia and a few drops of spirits of camphor shaken with two ounces of hot water. Swallow the mixture...
...contribution to 1934 motoring is automatic gear-shifting. You still have to put the car in low gear (with a push rod on the dash) but once in gear a few steel weights spinning like a governor on a drum in the rear of the transmission do the rest. When a speed of about 18 m.p.h. is attained, centrifugal force throws out the weights, engaging a small supplementary clutch which throws the car into direct drive (high gear). When the car slows down below 18 m.p.h. the weights drop back, the small clutch disengages and the car is automatically...
Captain Morse, one of the outstanding quarter-milers in the East, will run the 440-yard dash while sprints will be entrusted to Edwin E. Calvin '35. Climaxing his season by winning three first places against Yale, Robert S. Playfair '36, will be entered in the mile and 1000-yard run. Thomas F. Locke '35, Anthony A. Bliss '36, and John White '34 ar also expected to show up well
...business man who makes his plans in the face of such a welter of uncertainties has an iron nerve, indeed. And the 440-yard dash while sprints will be entrusted to Edwin E. Calvin '35. Climaxing his season by winning three first places against Yale, Robert S. Playfair '36, will be entered in the mile and 1000-yard run. Thomas F. Locke '35, Anthony A. Bliss '36, and John White '34 ar also expected to show up well