Word: dogged
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Navy were larger than those of any other navy in the world. Admiral Hughes well upholds the average, being able to look down upon all men who are only six feet in height. Blue-eyed, ruddy-faced, bushy-mustached, he looks the sea-dog's part, is brave and modest, has been termed a "huge, friendly fire-eater." As Commander of the U. S. S. New York he received the Distinguished Service Medal for "exceptionally meritorious service" with the British Grand Fleet in the North Seas. In 1918 hs became Rear Admiral; in 1925 he was made Commander...
Tracked by the Police (Rin Tin Tin). The hero is building an irrigation dam in Colorado. The villain wants to blow it up. But Rinty, the wonder dog, foxes the dastardly fellow, not only saves the dam by a display of amazing engineering but also ducks all the bullets flying in his direction. In the end Rinty and his bitch (Princess) show in a happy closeup...
Revere Beach has opened, and once more where the white loops of the roller coasters loar and twist against the blue carloads of well be haved citizens scream like wild-cats as they approach the appalling drop. This year, nestled among the milder attractions of hot dog stands and cherry-go-rounds, there is a new side show: for a nominal sum one may throw baseballs at a wooden door surmounting a small sliding board, and if one strikes the bullseye in the center of the door it pops open, a bell rings, a young lady in a bathing suit...
...that Vassar considers Harvard at all. But the young ladies at Poughkeepsie, in a commotion as to the efficacy of their present smoking rules, have inquired at Harvard, among other places, for its regulations on the subject and the young ladies have been answered. "No student shall keep a dog in a college building"; nothing whatsoever is said about smoking, for the very good reason that there was nothing to be said. Harvard may or may not be the home of the brave, but there can be no doubt that it is the land of the free...
...Student Council apparently racked his brains to think of a restriction of any kind and seached diligently through a booklet entitled Regulations for Students in Harvard College. Then he referred us to page 14, whereon, with bated breath, we read the following underlined words: "No student shall keep a dog in a college building." Vassar Miscellany News, April...