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Word: formerly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...seating of the Waiters crew follows: Stroke, Rainbow, former 150-pound oarsman; No. 7, L. L. Wadsworth '30; No. 6, B. S. Clark '30; No. 5, Stewart Cook '32; No. 4, W. M. Dunne '30, No. 3. R. L. Scott '31; No. 2, R. L. Kimball '31; bow, N. J. Tiffany '32; coxswain, David Shaw...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXCESSIVE HEAT ALLOWS CREWS ONLY EASY PADDLE | 6/18/1929 | See Source »

...airplane's propellor, no buoyance for wings. Most scientists with lunar leanings have therefore pondered shooting themselves moonwards in rockets. Herr Oberth, bearing in mind the desirability of returning and landing on the earth, cogitated combining plane and rocket, using the latter for propulsion of the former as has been done experimentally at the Opel works in Germany. The core of his cogitations concerned the materials to be fused to attain speed in and out of Earth's atmosphere. He described two kinds of fuses-one using hydrogen, the other of alcohol-which he calculated would drive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Mooning | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

...former plan calling for $100,000, for the renovations of the present Colonial Club as it stands, located on Quincy Street near the Harvard Union, was considered a rather futile expenditure since such a sum spent in the property already existing there would be throwing good money after bad in the opinion of those who have been actively engaged in the plans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Corporation Votes $200,000 for Faculty Club Accommodations | 6/15/1929 | See Source »

With the stroke situation steadily improving, the former weakness of the Harvard crew in failing to raise the stroke at the finish of the race may be overcome; and should the stroke be raised even to a beat at 35 or 36 at the end of the race, the long rythmic stroke of the Crimson eight may serve to avoid such a procession as featured the 1928 race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Oarsmen Engage in Light Workout on Thames River | 6/15/1929 | See Source »

...captain of the University crew, was elected third marshal by his classmates last December but will not be in Cambridge to fulfill his functions in that capacity next week. Sweezy, who has been chosen to fill the vacancy left by Clark is permanent class treasurer. He is a former president of the CRIMSON and also held office in several other undergraduate activities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWEEZY TO FILL F. A. CLARK'S POST AS MARSHAL NEXT WEEK | 6/13/1929 | See Source »

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