Word: formely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Break. At 1 a. m. one night last week the St. Francis dam broke at each end, although the centre section (200 ft. high) held fast. Twelve billion gallons of water in the form of a wave 75 ft. high went charging down the San Francisquito Canyon, into the Santa Clara River. By the time it reached the Pacific Ocean, 75 miles away, it was little more than a malicious trickle. But behind were the wiped-out towns of Newhall, Saugus, Piru, Fillmore, Santa Paula; 305 dead humans, thousands of dead animals; little white flags designating corpses found by rescue...
...contrast, the bequests to Marie of Rumania from her late husband, are not in cash but in the form of a life tenancy of Cotroceni, her favorite palace in Bucharest, plus barely sufficient life grants and stipends to keep the wolf a decent, royal distance from her door. Therefore, the departure of Marie of Jugoslavia, figuratively bearing 80,000,000 lei, must have tried her mother's nerves. So serene and queenly is Marie of Rumania, however, that two days later she was confiding optimistically to correspondents...
...Having measured the ray, Dr. Millikan sat down to figure out its importance. He turned to Einstein's theories. He found, using the Einstein equation (M C 2-E), that the most conspicuous band in the cosmic ray spectrum is probably the same band that would be formed by the monochromatic ether wave of the radiant energy which is liberated when hydrogen unites to form an atom of helium. Einstein's figure was reached by calculation: he reasoned that if 4 atoms of hydrogen united to form helium, a definite amount of matter would...
This competition, the last of its kind in University activities open to Freshmen, will last ten days, definite results being announced before the spring vacation. An excellent position is available in the form of chairman of the Arts and Cuts Committee, who also receives a position on the Executive Board of the Freshman class. Sub-chairmanships and committee posts are open in the Editorial, Business, Photographic, and Arts and Cuts Committees. Any student desiring information concerning the competition may speak to the committee chairmen...
...also announced by the retiring board that in the future, emblems would be given to all the pilots in the club. The emblem is in the form of an eagle grasping a propeller in its claw, modeled upon a gold pendant...