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Word: grands (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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That was all, but for one day it made a cataclysm in the barometric topography of the U. S. New England suddenly found itself at the bottom of an atmospheric abyss between two great plateaus (see map). The effect would hardly have been much more catastrophic had a new Grand Canyon of the Colorado suddenly opened in the Connecticut Valley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: Abyss from the Indies | 10/3/1938 | See Source »

...matter. Mix them up--run, pass, kick, fight for that extra yard--keep the old legs pumping all the time. He has a very distinct idea of how it feels to get out into the clear and watch the safety man dive at him desperately--and miss. It feels grand. And he can take it when the going gets tough, too--uphill all the way. Frankly, at times Vag thinks Mr. Harlow ought to know more about Vag. Just because he sometimes writes pretty sentimental stuff about the things he likes or about things which floor him doesn't mean...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 10/1/1938 | See Source »

Films scheduled to be shown are 'Steel--Man's Servant," "Norris Dam and TVA Work," and "Grand Coulee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Engineers To Present Free Pictures Tomorrow Evening | 9/28/1938 | See Source »

...first, a technicolor sound picture with Edwin C. Hill as commentator, follows the manufacture of steel from the mines to the finished product. Depicted in the second film are some of the constructive operations of the Tennessee Calley Authority. The last picture shows work on the Grand Coulee Dam, largest in the United States, in which the process of solidifying the soil by freezing was successfully used...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Engineers To Present Free Pictures Tomorrow Evening | 9/28/1938 | See Source »

Motion pictures, entitled "Steel-Man's Servant", "Norris Dam and TVA at Work", and "The Grand Coulee Dam" will be shown on Thursday. Under the auspices of the Engineering Society, the entertainment will be held at the Institute of Geographical Exploration, 2 Divinity Avenue, at 8:30 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Show Engineering Movies | 9/27/1938 | See Source »

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