Word: feet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...half months ago, the National Student Association's Purchase Card System began operations at Harvard. There was a little preliminary publicity, and cards were on sale for a few days in the dining halls. Ever since, the project has been quietly dying on its feet...
...pitching area is about nine feet long--three and a half feet of fairly level payment followed by a gradual rise for five and a half feet, at the end of which is a foot-high ledge. Pennies can be ricocheted off this ledge or rolled up to it in any manner. "Leaners" are particularly desirable, although there is always the chance that they'll be caromed away from the ledge by somebody else's toss...
When on May 21 it participated in the American Henley regatta on the Charles, the Eliot second boat took first place in its event and the first boat trailed an MIT third varsity boat by a scanty three feet in the 2000 meter...
...thirds were registered for the Crimson when Charlie Keith heaved the javelin 178 feet, 2 inches, and John Thorndyke threw the hammer 159 feet. 5 1/4 inches to edge out Dartmouth ace James Burnham by 2 3/4 inches...
Geoff Tootell, team captain for next year, threw the discus 138 feet, 11 1/2 inches to capture fifth. He qualified in the shot on Friday with a put of 49 feet. 1 3/4 inches, but failed to place the following day. Hammer thrower Bob Forsyth was the only Crimson entry who failed to qualify or place in the meet...