Word: descent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This is the situation of Anthony Patch and, as it is to be expected his story is one of a rapid descent from a position in which he keeps within most of the bounds of convention through lack of daring or leisure to transgress to a position in which, with a very unconvincing attitude of insouciance, he has given up every pretense of being more than a beast...
...rush. It is made of the best of fuels--thoroughly dried and seasoned wood. Its pathetic but nevertheless cleverly concealed fire-escapes are hopeless. Most people would rather risk the stairways. One thing however, may be said for the construction. The main staircase is wide. And part of the descent, although not the important part, has an additional stairway. Apparently the architects forgot that in case of a fire, the "last lap", between the first and second floors, would be the place where extra accommodations would be needed...
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, was born at Woburn, Massachusetts, in 1753, of parents who were on both sides of English descent. In the War of Independence he espoused the British cause and in 1776 sailed for England with despatches announcing the evacuation of Boston by the British troops. In 1783 he was advanced to a colonelcy in the "King's American Dragoons" and placed on half pay. In the same year he was knighted by George III. He then entered the service of the Elector of Bavaria and remained at Munich for eleven years. In 1791 he was made...
...lost all track of the ciphers, the Germans plan to construct forty power-plants which will develop two billion five hundred million kilowatts per hour. This enormous store of energy will be employed in hoisting the canal boats over a twelve hundred foot elevation. To check the resulting precipitous descent no less than sixty locks, judiciously distributed along a route of four hundred and fifty miles, will be required...
...Goodie", seeing a mouse in a dormitory fireplace, should climb upon a cane-seated chair, with a resulting sudden descent and sprained ankle, would the University be liable for damages? If a Yard man-with-a-hoe should fall while pursuing a Yard squirrel, would the University be obliged to pay his doctor's-bills? If one is to judge by cases cited in a recent report of the Labor Board, the answer of both these questions is; Yes. The array of problems that have recently come up for its consideration are a reductio ad absurdum of the compensation...