Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...elementary knowledge of Latin and German and the patience of Job are the prerequisites for this course. Grubbing for roots may be an enjoyable task in pleasant sunny garden, but it is less happy in the dusty purlieus of the English language, except for those who have a natural bent for grubbing...
...This was considered the best device for trans-oceantic and ship radio work. Admiral Bullard argued with every personage whom he could reach that Americans must keep ownership of those patent rights. The result was The Radio Corporation of America. But R. C. A. could never have been organized except for the hearty co-operation of U. S. manufacturers of radio devices. Owen D. Young of General Electric became R. C. A.'s chairman, General James Guthrie Harbord its president, David Sarnoff its managing vice president...
Laurentic. Another maiden trip completed last week was that of the White Star Line's Laurentic, from Liverpool to Manhattan. She is 604 feet long and was built less for speed than for cruising comfort. Except for two winter trips between Manhattan and Liverpool, she will be in regular service between Canadian ports and Liverpool in summer and in cruise service during the winter. Aboard when she docked at Manhattan was W. J. Willett Bruce, who directed her building. Explaining her length, short compared to that of the Leviathan, Majestic or Paris, he said that thousand-foot steamships are useful...
...Gorilla is one of those productions which are offered with the request that the circumstances of the plot remain undivulged. Since the plot is the picture, there remains little to be said; except that an enormous artificial animal in the title role makes it very exciting for the rest of the cast and the entire audience...
...student of the University who has taken Geology 4 and 5 is eligible for the trip. The expenses are $1175, including all expenses, except the tips on board ship...