Word: deeps
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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During the regular 6 p.m. news broadcast tonight, the British Broadcasting Corp. announced "with deep regret" the disaster to the Akron. Immediately thereafter, every broadcasting station in Great Britain was silent for one minute, as a mark of respect for the victims and sympathy for their families and friends...
...experts urged? Out of some such agreement might come a return to a reduced gold standard by both countries. The experts later discussed their findings with President & Premier, who then announced in a joint statement that they had "reviewed the substance of their discussions with deep satisfaction," that definite agreements must await the World Conference itself...
...flying Captain Kingachieved fame on the bottom of the sea. When the S-51 went down in 132ft. of water off Block Island in 1925 most Navy men thought it was there to stay. There were no precedents, no equipment for raising a 1,000-ton submarine from deep water in the open sea. Nonetheless a salvaging expedition under Captain King, then commander of the Submarine Base at New London, went out to try. Commander Edward Ellsberg, who directed the divers and occasionally went down himself, has told in his On the Bottom the story of the months of perseverance...
...nature of the work in this course is both theoretical and practical. The theoretical end will undoubtedly prove more interesting than the problem work, although students with mathematical inclinations will find the latter well worth while. Although neither deep nor intensive, Physics B is an excellent stepping stone to further studies in the physical sciences...
...passing grade is surprisingly small, and the instructors have a happy habit of easing up on the final examination. Those who are not far enough advanced to take French 2, and lack the initiative to learn French by reading it, have no alternative but to take a deep breath, plunge in, and hope to rise at the end from a wearisome swim in murky waters...