Word: fell
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Kasner was lecturing on the theory of big numbers to the members of a kindergarten. When he asked how many raindrops fell on New York City on a rainy day, the scientist got the children to agree that the number was approximately equal to the number of sand grains at Coney Island. One followed by 20 zeros was a satisfactory expression. Dr. Kasner then proposed a greater number, one of his own, which he called a "googol": 1 followed by 100 zeros. He also proposed a much greater number still, a "googol plex": 1 followed by a googol of zeros...
Died. Kevin Butler. 33. son of U. S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Pierce Butler; of injuries suffered when he fell through a Pullman car lavatory window at "Devil's Bend.'' one of Pennsylvania Railroad's sharpest curves; at Greensburg...
...years, the Dartmouth Winter Carnival has been held at Hanover against a snow-white background. Although other New England ski meets have had to be canceled because of unfavorable weather, snow always fell for Dartmouth...
...empires fell on this grease spot, meditates Poet Pound, takes bitter note of Napoleon and others of his heroes who took a stick to usury and either failed to catch it, or ended up impaled. Most readers will agree that Poet Pound's attack on usury succeeds in giving some sinister validity to the Hell that in earlier Cantos appeared merely grotesquely dull and* dirty. Outside Hell all is as beautiful as ever...
...During the second half of 1937 U. S. commodity prices (1 remained stable, 2 continued their inflationary rise, 3 fell sharply from the spring peak, 4 rose on farm products but declined on metals, 5 were forced down by the Government...