Word: doned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Work Done. The Senate of the U. S. last week...
...That done, they hauled tarpaulin, chain and padlocks from their cabin and securely shrouded their motor from prying eyes. They had reached Langley Field in 6 hrs. 50 min. flying time and they took precautions because, underneath the chain-wrapped tarpaulin, was the first diesel-type motor ever used successfully for airplane propulsion. The flyers were Mechanical-engineers Lionel M. Woolson and Walter Edwin Lees. Their employer, developer of something new and great in the air, was Packard Motor...
...model house which the inventor shows consists of five rooms. Arrangements are made so that the servant problem is solved by having most of the household work done automatically. One of the features of the plan is the electric washer which washes and dries clothes within three minutes after they are placed in it. The library contains all kinds of maps, a moving picture projector, typewriters, and a mimeograph as well as various other handy means of getting knowledge...
Another old story. Haircut, proves Lardner brilliant in technique. The village barber, shearing a newcomer, drawls bits of village gossip that slowly arrange themselves into a small drama of love, jealousy, and murder done by an impressionable idiot...
...second. At this juncture, Howard Whitmore '29 was sent in to quell the Quaker bats. He was greeted by Becker's single to right, which was responsible for the last Pennsylvania run. Slaughter was out when his bunt on the third strike rolled foul, and the damage was done...