Word: feet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Development of the Mississippi as the north-south trunk line and the "modernization" of its tributaries, to create a 9,000-mi. water transportation system in the heart of the U. S. Of this, 3,800 mi. now have a channel six feet deep or better, leaving 5,000 mi. for U. S. development Chief tributaries for improvement: Illinois (Chicago-to-the-Gulf route), Missouri (high into the wheat country), Arkansas (west to the oil fields), Tennessee (through the coal lands). Time limit: five years...
...Chicago, beaches, lakeside parks and streets were awash, strewn with rocks and wreckage. Breakwaters crumbled before the unprecedented autumnal surge. Chicagoans fled through the storm from shorefront homes and hotels. Hundreds of feet of concrete boulevards were crumpled. Waves mounting up 30 feet battered a new government lighthouse. A disrupted disposal plant poured sewage into the lake, made "city water" undrinkable...
Discus throw--Won by E. Yeomans '33 (40 feet); second, P. N. Vonck '31 (17 feet); third, Beecham Moore '31 (30 feet). Distance...
Broad jump--Won by Beyeridge (scratch); second, D. M. Sullivan '33 (3 1-2 feet); third, L. M. Adlerson '33 (3 feet). Distance...
Javelin throw--Won by J. S. Marsh '32 (scratch); second, C. E. Sophos '30 (25 feet); third, S. C. Dorman '33 (18 feet); Distance...