Word: develop
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cylinder type is said to weigh 125 lb., and to develop 90 h.p., 180 m.p.h. Pilot Naseef said he had taken the air 48 sec. after starting the motor, after it had stood idle for five hours. Pilot Naseef won local fame when he landed his light plane in front of a hospital, flew home with his wife and 13-day-old daughter...
...turned out the new Seatrains (TIME, Oct. 17) which carry a mile of loaded freight cars. In 1930 the company began operating a gasoline pipe-line from Marcus Hook to Cleveland, running through Pittsburgh and Youngstown and branching north to Syracuse. The company claims to be the first to develop a high grade antiknock gasoline solely through improvement in cracking processes, as contrasted to the addition of chemicals. Sure of the merits of their Sun Oils and Sunoco gasolines, the Pews have never put out "fighting brands" to meet cheap competition. The company owns or controls 500 filling stations...
...coaching: It is hoped that suitable non-paid coaches for house teams may be found. For university teams we shall endeavor to have the best men we can secure. We want coaches who will instruct the boys in the best there is in sport, giving them every opportunity to develop and to come in contact with those experiences and situations which occur in competitions with teams of other universities, and which are lacking in intra-College competition...
Harvard's schedule this autumn is undoubtedly as easier one than last year, when the Army game really came too early. This season the schedule is more exactly graduated and should give the coaches a much better opportunity to develop the reserves which they are now lacking. Strong replacements for practically any of the line positions are not available, although Coach Casey without question has as good a first line as last year. Captain Hageman, Hardy, Esterly, Nazro, and Hallowell have occupied their old positions without any challenge, while Gundlach and Bancroft have shown plenty of improvement and are firmly...
Died. Joseph Benjamin Dabney, 74, California oil man and philanthropist: of heart disease; at Santa Barbara. He pioneered in the Bakersfield oil fields, helped develop the Ventura field after most big companies had despaired...