Word: fell
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Senior eight piloted by S. W. Swaim '31 fell a full length behind its nearest rival by the time the race had progressed as far as the Harvard Bridge and, under instructions from Coach E. J. Brown '96, did not finish out the last quarter mile. The crew was somewhat handicapped by the presence of several substitutes who had not yet accustomed themselves to the boat...
...first morning of Herbert Hoover's administration, the Republicans of the Senate caucused to choose a new floor leader in place of Vice President Curtis. It had all been threshed out beforehand and the election fell upon the senior Senator from Indiana, the Honorable James...
Workmen were last week repairing the ventilating system of the Senate chamber when one of them, by accident, dropped a heavy piece of steel. It fell upon the flat, glass-paneled ceiling of the Senate and went crashing through to the floor. Dismayed, the workmen hurried to see which of the 48 stained-glass State seals in the Senate skylights had been broken. Awestruck, they found that the missle had missed all the State seals, missed also the figures of Peace, Industry, Valor, etc., and had singled out for destruction the great Horn of Plenty from which gifts of flowers...
Denmark's elongated King, Christian X, dislikes hitches. Things can never run too smoothly to suit the precise mind of the six-foot-five-inch ruler, and yet recently a number of annoying little accidents have happened to His Majesty. A fat Frenchman fell over his feet in the theatre at Cannes (TIME, Feb. 25). He paid a State Visit to Madrid, only to have the Queen-Mother of Spain die suddenly (TIME, Feb. 18). So it has gone. Last week King Christian returned to Denmark from the Riviera, determined that if possible, this voyage should be uneventful...
...small coincidence, deftly nurtured, came to the lovers' aid. The hag fell in love with the ferocious parent, the runaway wife made it up with her Don, the timid heroine melted into the arms of her rescuer, and they all lived happily ever afterward...