Word: driven
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...disadvantages of the present structure are obvious to anyone who has driven an automobile through the Square. Traffic moving toward the Square on Boylston, Brattle, and upper Massachusetts Avenue must all pass through the narrow strip of street between the subway station and the south sidewalk of Massachusetts where it intersects with Boylston. The congestion is further increased by the street cars, going both east and west, which stop near the subway entrance and often completely block the eastbound motor traffic which is fed into the Square by these three important highways...
...must be for a man piloting an airplane, who has to receive or send messages while continuing his trip. Throwing a switch and turning a large knob till an ammeter on the dashboard shows a maximum reading is the whole tuning up process. A motor generator set, driven by a storage battery which the engine charges just as an automobile does, supplies the necessary pressure of 1,000 volts. Two hundred feet of trailing wire, let out when the plane leaves the ground, constitutes the antenna...
...football season should find the well-dressed man discarding his coonskin coat and Oxford brogues for the yellow oilskin and rubber boots hitherto sacred to the fishing boats of Gloucester; and in order to preserve the sport writer's usual "touch of color", Paquin and Joseph may even be driven to turning out their vivid designs in fabric guaranteed to save the permanent wave...
...Yale's 38 yard line. Stevens immediately punted back to Harvard's five yard line, Hart touching it down. Hammond's next punt went only to his won 28 yard line. Stevens was tackled by Dunker for a one yard loss. On a buck through center, Cottle was again driven through center. On the fourth down Mallory attempted a place kick, which failed and Cheek caught the ball on Harvards 15 yard line...
...next event of importance occurred when Separatists recaptured Aix-la-Chapelle, from which they had been driven a fortnight ago. After doing considerable damage to art treasures in the town they were suddenly confronted with a volte face from the Belgian authorities, who, having formerly supported them, ordered them out of the town to the intense relief of the civil population. Herr Doktor Matthes, leader of the Separatists, declared that he would come back to Aix with his troops, "Belgium or no Belgium...