Word: end
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports will make every effort to arrive at a conclusion regarding the question of the stands to fill the end of the Stadium when it convenes tonight, according to a statement made last night by W. J. Bingham '16, director of athletics. This problem, which has been a vexing one for the past few years, must be decided this spring if the Stadium is to hold the accustomed number of people during the 1929 football season, for the permission to build temporary wooden stands, which have supplied seats for the last few years...
...altitude of 25,000 feet can be obtained, and gases of any desired mixture, humidity, and temperature can be fed in any desired amount to the pressure chambers, of which there are two, entered by means of a lock arrangement in the center of the tank. At each end is a small opening through which supplies can be passed...
...does not need to make every line a dirge, humming or whistling it. Actress Barrymore said "mush" meaning "must," "wannering" meaning "wandering," and dropped all final dentals. Her voice became deeper as she grew older and she developed a crouch; otherwise her actions did not change. But near the end, the hungry little children in the orphanage cried "Hurrah for the Mother Superior" and, a few minutes later, so did the audience...
...end of each chapter, Professor Graves runs what he calls "topics." These include news items, comments, squabbles, and books recommended for further investigation. Many of the "topics" are taken from TIME and its Letter Page. At one point, Professor Graves says that TIME performs a function of "universal reporter...
...downtown bank in New York and spent the day deliberating. They were realtors, and they talked of leases and rents, and how many stories an office building must rise in order to yield income proportionate to the value of a property in terms of Fifth Avenue frontage. In the end, they nodded in agreement on a real estate dicker which will wipe out the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, a famed Manhattan landmark, a tradition of princesses and kings, Peacock Alley, memories of the Bradley-Martin ball...