Word: finished
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Wendell Baker Shoe was worn by Wendell Baker '86 in a race in which he smashed the existing world's record in the quarter mile, though his shoe broke and came off his foot 155 yards from the finish. The famous shoe, which was mounted in gold several years ago, has never been untied since the day of the race...
...outfit, stroked by Paul Pennoyer, will hit the starting line in front of the Tech boathouse at 3:30 o'clock. Not rated as strong as a year ago, the Yardlings still should finish ahead of their opposition...
With the Yardling ace setting the boys from Braintree down in order for the first five innings, it was not until the seventh frame that a Thayer man finally beat out a hit and reached first base. Even after this, Pitchford did not weaken and went on to finish up the game with a total of only two safeties and three walks charged up against him. In addition he whiffed 8 enemy batters...
Words are of use, but they are not enough. With congress lies the next move--casting off of the shackles of the neutrality act. It will mean a fight to the finish with the isolationists who, though well intentioned, would prevent America from taking steps in her own defense; but it will be worth the effort if some enactment along the lines of the recent Stimson suggestions--combines, perhaps, with certain of the Pittman cash-and-carry provisions--can be made. Only thus, ion fact, can America make more likely her chance of remaining at peace...
...Centennial Exposition of 1876. Parisians jeered at Engineer Gustave Eiffel's "monster of the imagination," predicted that it would fall down. Alexandre Dumas, fils, called it a "horror." Because of "this torturing, inevitable nightmare," Guy de Maupassant fled the capital. M. Eiffel smiled, gave his personal fortune to finish the Tower, after Government funds ran out when it was one-fourth completed. The Tower attracted nearly two million cash customers in its first year, brought its builder wealth and made him an officer in the Legion of Honor...