Word: float
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Shortly afterwards the Sophomore boat sank, leaving the Senior crew the only one afloat. Luckily the steam launch was close by the Sophomores as they went went down and picked up all the men. Both boats were towed in to the B. A. A. float and left there for the night...
...influenza while he talks to you is dangerous, and that danger is markedly increased if during the conversation he sneezes or coughs. Sneezing and coughing, and only to a lesser degree talking, convey from the mouth of the infected person minute particles of moisture laden with disease germs which float about in the air and presently you breathe. It may, therefore, readily be appreciated why during an epidemic, it is wise to avoid crowded places like street cars, churches, theatres and movies...
Knox and Adams in the Yale boat toppled over exhausted, but were soon revived. J. F. Linder '19 of the University crew succumbed to the heat, but was aided from his seat upon reaching the float. Though the calm water was ideal for rowing, the intense humidity and lack of breeze caused the oarsmen great suffering...
...marchers wheeled into view in Park square, "that flag" seemed to float on the billowed sea of their manhood--a trustfully hovering presence above those stalwart men. It was a striking spectacle as the column pushed its way out Columbus avenue. Every youth in that sturdy array had given up home comforts, school and business advantages, personal delights with friends and loved ones--had turned from all these to the rigors of camp and training stations--had subordinated himself to enders that must be obeyed without demur--had set himself to face terrifle perils overseas and lay down his life...
...this day in every cemetery from Arlington and Gettysburg, where those who died in battle lie now in state, to the obscure graves in Missouri and Kansas, where after battle men were buried as they fell, the crossed flags of a united nation float in remembrance of their sacrifice. The roses of victory and the lilies of defeat are indistinguishable in the strength of a common tradition, for where brave men meet, there all is victory...