Word: feet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...scant hundred feet from the Senate Office Building lies a dismal little thoroughfare named Schott's Alley. Its huddled brick houses have no plumbing, heat or electricity. In summer, the stench of its outdoor privies drifts through the open windows of the apartment building where many Senate secretaries live. But few Senators know that it exists...
Last weekend 2,000 delighted people gathered to watch the best part of all-a high-speed painting job donated by 96 A.F.L. painters. Scaffolding was rigged to give each man just 16 square feet of space to cover. A big timing clock was set up. Bob Hoelzle and his bride-to-be, a pretty telephone operator named Frances Noll, were stationed at a vantage point in the front yard. Then the mayor started the proceedings by firing a pistol...
With both players exhausted, Freeman still had uncanny control of his serve, a shot that lobs skyward for 30 feet or so, then plummets to earth so dead on the base line that opponents frequently let it drop thinking it will be outside-and it almost never is. The score in the third set crept to 15-all. After winning one point, Freeman put what remaining strength he had left into a final smash. Ooi Teik Hock went down...
Field event weaknesses in Carl Olsen's '52 team may show up this afternoon. Exeter's captain, Bob Mello, not only can top 11 feet, 11 inches in the pole vault, but he can also broad jump at least 21 feet, 10 1/2 inches, and win points in the high jump and dashes if called upon...
Dick Rubin took first in the hammer with a throw of 136 feet, 11 inches...