Word: elm
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gondola of the stratosphere balloon in which she and her husband had taken off eight hours before from Detroit's Ford Airport. She found herself on a wooded farm near Cadiz, Ohio. The big bag, limp, torn and empty, was dismally draped over a tall elm. In a treetop the Piccards' U. S. flag flapped bravely...
...famous Lampoon elm will be but 25 feet high it was announced today. This statement came as a surprise as it was previously said by Lampooners that the tree would be 75 feet high. Upon investigation it was found that a tree 75 feet in height would completely hide the building from view...
...Saratoga Springs, N. Y. the elm trees are so huge that from the air the town (pop.: 13,000) looks like a dense forest. There what seemed like the most successful U. S. racing season in 20 years last week reached its climax-a month-long meet in which 600 of the best thoroughbreds in the U. S. will compete in 185 races for $350,000 in prizes...
...Professor William L. Phelps '87, said: "Daily life in English colleges is remarkably different from that in Yale. While breakfast abroad is the most sociable meal of the day, usually lasting two or three hours, at Yale it is a delirium. Why, the other morning I was walking along Elm street with an elderly lady, when we observed several students rushing towards the Old Campus after breakfast. 'Look at those poor, dear boys with their tongues hanging out,' sympathized the old lady. "Those aren't tongues, those are griddle cakes,' I informed her." --Yale Alumni Weekly...
...three essential qualities that a championship golfer must possess are incentive, enthusiasm, and coolness under pressure. The absence of one of these qualities in the make-up of a golfer is an inestimable handicap. Such hardened campaigners as Walter Hagen, George Von Elm, and Johnny Farrell appear to have lost their incentive or driving power; that certain spark of enthusiasm has been lacking in their play recently, and consequently, they have failed to finish among the leaders. On the other hand, many young players such as Munger, Goodman, Dunlap, Fischer, Somerville, and many others have been winning recent tournaments. These...