Word: feats
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...flyer-of-the-year. Last week, in Paris, the League announced whom it regarded as the most significant flyers of 1928. It was a specialists' tribute to specialists. The names form an epitome of air adventure. Capt. Arturo Ferrarin of Italy, his fel lows believe, accomplished the best feat of the year. With Major Carlo Delprete, he flew non-stop from Rome to Port Natal, Brazil, 4,417 miles in 51 hr. 59 min. Capt. Ferrarin's predecessor, in 1927, was of course Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh - New York-Paris, 3,600 miles...
...know hundreds of ladies of the aristocracy and upper classes who believe that they have accomplished a super-human feat when they have presented their husbands with one son, as if they had performed a galling duty imposed by law to the exclusive benefit...
...floors and roof laid, partitions erected, the building finished, and furniture procured. He had the satisfaction of bringing all the students into residence, in September, 1642, and presiding at the first Commencement, according to the dignified rites of his mother university. This completion of the building was no small feat, for Dunster had not been in office a year when a severe economic crisis struck New England. "Corn would buy nothing", wrote Governor Winthrop. "A cow which cost last year 20 pounds might now be bought for four or five pounds; then, too, many people have gone...
...tusk was found sticking in a river bank, which was 200 feat high, at that point. Half of the tusk was protruding from the bank, the other half being wedged between stratas of rock, as was discovered when excavations were made in the attempt to dig it up. This work took several days, as care had to be taken not to injure the tooth, which, although cracked in places, was otherwise in excellent condition...
...fashion nowadays for pretty musical comedy stars to step overnight into grand opera. Mary Lewis made it. So did Grace Moore. But the feat was never attempted by a cinemactress until last week when honors were awarded to Hope Hampton for her début as Manon with the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company...