Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...eight was unable to stave off a 2 3/4 length defeat at the hands of the Tiger, in its first intercollegiate contest of the season Saturday afternoon in the Basin. Princeton had gained a sizeable lead at the getaway, and held it easily almost until the end of the fast 1 3/4 mile course, finishing in 9 minutes, 18 seconds, as compared with the Crimson boat, which crossed the line in 9 minutes, 27 seconds. M.I.T. came in a poor third, about three lengths behind Harvard, in 9 minutes, 46 2-5 seconds...
...possible 225 points, Harvard coasted to victory in the G.B.I. meet last Saturday, while the Freshmen won their part of the meet with a commanding score of 111 points. Eight new records were made and two old ones were tied with ideal weather conditions and a fast track aiding the track and field contestants...
...name, the U. S. S. New Orleans is literally in a class by herself. Under the terms of the London Naval Treaty, the U. S. was allowed to complete 15 new 10,000-ton cruisers before 1936. First two built were the Pensacola and Salt Lake City. They were fast but scantily armored. Next were turned out six ships in the Augusta class (Chester, Augusta, Chicago, Houston, Louisville, Northhampton). These proved to be heavy rollers, and five developed cracked stern castings. Next class, the Portland and Indianapolis, were modified after construction to rectify their sisters' shortcomings. But even...
...Danish Parliament thought fast. They concluded that a Nazi in Denmark is only a German in a uniform. They then acted fast. They called an extraordinary session and passed a law providing for 100 extra police in Slesvig. They also passed a law forbidding the wearing of all political party uniforms and emblems. An airplane scudded to King Christian's Easter residence at Skaw in Jutland, scudded back with his signatures on the new laws. On Easter Day Slesvig Danes saw a lot of strangers, no uniforms...
Playing on a dry, fast field, the Yale Varsity rugby team defeated the Crimson Varsity ruggers yesterday by the score...