Word: feet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Navy were larger than those of any other navy in the world. Admiral Hughes well upholds the average, being able to look down upon all men who are only six feet in height. Blue-eyed, ruddy-faced, bushy-mustached, he looks the sea-dog's part, is brave and modest, has been termed a "huge, friendly fire-eater." As Commander of the U. S. S. New York he received the Distinguished Service Medal for "exceptionally meritorious service" with the British Grand Fleet in the North Seas. In 1918 hs became Rear Admiral; in 1925 he was made Commander...
...thousand feet above sea level, in La Paz, "Highest Capital in the World," President Hernando Siles of Bolivia was last week insulted...
...baby on a bed, for instance, she should not lift him down when she has finished, but should turn him over onto his little tummy, slide him gently backward until his legs hang over the edge of the bed and continue to draw him gently downward until his feet touch the floor. Then she can assist him to drop to hands and knees, and let him creep away for a short distance...
...CRIMSON has a fighting team with its back to the wall and both feet squarely on the ground," were the electrifying words uttered by Coach R.H. Field '26, of the Cambridge Fourth Estate, at the mammoth mass meeting which rocked the rafters of the CRIMSON sanctum last night. The teeming crowd that had gathered to give its last full measure of support to the nine men who seek to stave off Princetonian victory today, reached a high pitch of vociferous enthusiasm, as these words of determined confidence rang out through the jammed room. Every inch of available floor space...
...when I heard you yelling here tonight I knew something was going to happen. With a noise like that behind them the boys can't lose." Then followed the statement of uncompromising confidence in the team which has already been quoted. Adolph, the CRIMSON mascot, jumped to his feet waving the red flag presented to him by E.A. Whitney '17, in the days when CRIMSON diamond supremacy was a national by-word, and the crowd broke forth in a wild demonstration of approval. At this moment, two spectators overwrought by tension and excitement suddenly became unconscious and were helped...