Word: feet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Merrimack was comparatively peaceful, though it and its tributaries destroyed some three millions worth of New Hampshire roads, and rose 25 feet to lash at and flood the textile mills of Manchester, Lowell & Lawrence. Hundreds were thrown out of work indefinitely...
Unofficialdom said that Army's flood control report would recommend: 1) Standard levees from above Cairo, Ill., to the Mississippi mouth, 12 feet wide (instead of 8, as now) and higher than ever; 2) Illuminated national highways atop these levees; 3) Spillways at Poydras, La.; and down the Atchafalaya Basin; 4) Lateral levee control of large Mississippi tributaries; 5) No reforestation; 6) Costs...
...frontier the U. S. people hallowed the memory of their 126,000 War dead. In the national Valhalla at Arlington a granite Cross of Sacrifice was dedicated by Canada to those U. S. soldiers who lost their lives while fighting with the Canadian Expeditionary forces. The great cross, 30 feet in height was unveiled by Vincent Massey, Canadian Minister to the U. S., and accepted by Frank Billings Kellogg, U. S. Secretary of State, in a moving ceremony. Many dignitaries were present...
...same day is but the mild aftermath of the great struggle around the tree. In the space which now composes the Bollis-Harvard-Idonel-Bolden Chapel quadrangle grew the tree, and around it sat in a low grand stand the ladies, who cheered as vociferously then as now. Ten feet up the tree a wreath of flowers encircled the trunk, and to get a small bouquet of these flowers was the dearest ambition of every Senior. Caps and gowns were cast aside, and the oldest possible clothes were worn. It was every man for himself, and the struggles were tremendous...
...jumping and pole vaulting beyond the end of the track oval. A netting will be suspended just inside of the track oval which will enable the track team and other teams to practice at the same time without any interference with each other. The building will be 330 feet seven inches long and 159 feet wide and the area within the track oval will be 259 feet six inches by 118 feet. The structure will correspond with the Lapham Field House architecturally the walls being made of solid brick Flemish bond. The entrance to the Coxe Memorial will...