Word: dusts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Blood spilled in the name of freedom and self-rule saturates the pages of history. Many an ardent patriot has bitten the dust in this cause since Moses led his party across a courteously-disposed Red Sea to the hoped-for freedom of the promised land. Many a sturdy Gaelic cranium has succumbed to violent pressure for the sake of autonomy in the Emerald Isle. But at least we have come upon the group that is loftily indifferent to self-government on whatever terms. This group simply does not care...
...cause of the bad conditions according to the report of the survey is the great amount of dust created in cutting down the granite blocks. The workmen inhale the granite dust, and within a few years the quantity of this foreign material in the lungs is sufficient to cause a complication known as silicosis, which predisposes the afflicted individuals to tuberculosis...
...experiments, contributed must of the machines and are sending a granite cutter to work in the model shop under typical condition. As Professor Drinker's special field is ventilation, he expects to conduct most of his researches in this line, with the view of cleaning out the dust laden air in the shops before the workers have had time to breathe...
...that is as it should be. As soon as the Lampoon startles anybody, it is certain to find itself in trouble. A humorist should never startle his public. Whenever that happens everyone (often including the humorist) get very angry without quite knowing why. It is only when the dust of recrimination has subsided that some people (sometimes including the humorist) discover the cause of their anger. The humorist has managed to be funny...
...Millrose meet was a triumph for Harvard when A. H. Miller '27, premier sprinter of the Crimson squad, flashed home in front of a strong field in the 50-yeard dash. Frank Hussey, of Boston College, Robert McAllister, "the Flying Cop", and Morrill of Boston University took Miller's dust in this race...