Word: establish
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...distances, which casts somewhat of a shadow on your statement. Some of Courtney's crews of our time or near it, deserve special mention because they rank among the great athletic teams of all times. The 1901 Varsity took advantage of unusually favorable water conditions at Poughkeepsie to establish a world's record of 18 minutes 53½ seconds for 4 miles. Bert Coffin's 1903 boat load of giants while interfered with in the first two miles of the race on the same course were only a few seconds behind this record...
...great honor be this order unto you as ever it was to any of your progenitors or others." After so ennobling a ceremony observers regretted that they could not banish from memory the gross legend which recounts how King Henry IV (1367-1413) was moved to establish the Order of the Bath. A certain courageous soldier had knelt before the Sovereign to be knighted, but His Majesty, although not squeamish, recoiled at the kneeling man's terrific exudations. Tactful, King Henry IV, is said to have thereupon declared: "This brave fellow requires rest and refreshment after his prolonged heroism...
Died. Frank Lockhart, 26, U. S. automobile racing champion; in an accident, while trying to establish a new record; at Daytona Beach, Fla. Last August he made a track record of 135.5 m. p. h. and in October set eight broad track noncompetitive speed records...
...Passed a Senate bill to establish a wild life refuge on the Bear River in Utah...
...before their marriage, last October, she had taken the plane up above London to establish an altitude record of 19,000 feet. A few weeks later, she had kissed Sir James goodbye, embarked for Cape Town, South Africa, whence she quickly began to fly across all Africa toward London. If she succeeded, a new female flight record would be hers, but a rival, an "other woman" loomed...