Word: getting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...impression of having a piece of iron hiss by. "Must have got my range, first shot!" I surmised, and making a steep bank, pique'd heavily. "There, I've lost them now!" The whole art of avoiding shells is to pay no attention till they get your range, and then dodge away, change altitude and generally avoid going in a straight line. In point of fact, I could see bunches of exploding shells up over my right shoulder now a kilometre off. They continued to shell that section for some time; the little balls of smoke thinning out and merging...
Nelson Marns, a man of unimpeachable probity and ruined finances, is endeavoring to construct a canal through a small town in New York. He has secured the option on the land desired from the land owners, who are poor farmers. He is continually blocked in his efforts to get the charter granted by the local coal trust and several other powerful corporations, whose interests would be jeopardized by the building of the canal. Marns, his ward, Faith Stuart and several others who have the interest of the community at heart, are struggling to secure the granting of the charter...
...game. He did not seem to be weakened in any way by his enforced rest for, though in only a short time, was active in all the plays. W. F. Robinson '18 is still suffering from a cold which he has had for several days, so was unable to get into the scrimmage...
...Conference on Municipal Government. "What We Get For Our Taxes," by Professor Davis R. Dewey, M. I. T. Widener...
...Conference on Municipal Government. "What We Get For Our Taxes," by Professor Davis R. Dewey, M. I. T. Widener...