Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Pardonner of Purdue drop-kicked the point after touchdown that settled Wisconsin...
Total U. S. deaths in the air dropped from 237 in 1930 to 183 last year. The committee attributed the drop to a 30% decline in nonscheduled commercial flying. Nearly one-fourth of all accidents on scheduled airlines last year were traced to bad weather, followed by structural failure, pilots' errors, motor failure...
Dare we look into the future if this graduation from the collegiate bourgeoisie to a higher sophistication goes on? Will our beloved Stanford rough drop into the limbo of forgotten might? Will we see no more paper airplanes sailing in the Assembly Hall? For surely a freshman smooth enough to resist the attacks of those veteran Encina salesmen could never become rough enough to go unshaven and smoke a cigar...
...that time, the period from July 6, 1931 to July 5, 1932, was 85,457 while the overnight circulation for this period was 20,826. With the closing of the library at 6 o'clock this year the latter figure will undoubtedly jump several thousand together with a corresponding drop in the desk distribution. The following statement in regard to the new library hours was issued by Superintendent Mahady...
...held up two fingers. The next pitch broke over the corner of the plate. Ruth swung at it. There was a crack. Centerfielder Johnny Moore started to run; then he stood still and watched the ball, a dwindling white spot against the blue sky, clear the ware fence and drop 436 ft. from the plate, one of the longest homeruns on record. Babe Ruth shambled slowly around the bases, shaking his fat shoulders and making remarks of mockery to each infielder as he passed. In the uproar, no one was paying much attention to what happened next. Lou Gehrig came...