Word: ft
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...caretaker at the Peabody Museum was the only one who saw the thief on the day of the crime. He later described him to police as 5 ft. 9 in. tall, and weighing about 150 pounds. The ornaments, including jade vessels and gold jewelry came to the museum five years ago and had been placed on display during the Tercentenary...
...crowd was not disappointed. With gaping mouths it watched jumper after jumper slant through the air-eight with leaps of over 200 ft.-but it was 130-lb. Birger Ruud who made the spectators gasp with his prodigious and perfect jump of 216 ft., a whizzing arc ending with the wood slapping evenly on the hard snow...
...when the average U. S. moppet is getting a tricycle from Santa Claus, the average Norwegian child is getting a pair of skis. In Norway children start to ski when they are 4, can usually jump 60 ft. when they are 8 and 150 ft. when they are 12. To encourage the sport, the Norwegian Ski Association each year gives 5,000 pairs of skis to children who cannot afford to buy them...
...broke the hill record by 19 ft. and clinched the championship with a total of 229.8 points (based on best distance and form in two jumps). Six out of the first ten placed were Ruud's countrymen...
...Andover underfoot, the Freshman track team Saturday vanquished the Exeter team 68 1/2 to 26 1/2, taking first in every event. Rolla Campbell broke the Exeter Cage record in the 600 yard run in 1:17.3. Bob Partlow continued to dominate both jumps winning the high-jump at 6 ft. and the broad-jump at 22 ft...