Word: grinds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Valentines, N. J., own clay beds; mine, grind and mix various ingredients; press, slice into blocks, dried by air and warm draft; have a full yard of dirty red igloo-like kilns and, in short, practically all of the other things referred to in the description of the Harbison-Walker plant...
...Into this mechanical mind" said Dr. Bush, "can be fed the conditions of a mathematical problem too complex for the human brain to master, and it will promptly grind out the answer and write it down, as efficiently as a machine takes in lumber and chemicals and produces finished boxes of matches...
...have, no doubt, suffered the same fate in recent years. The teams, too, have not been immune from the added attraction which the tutorial system, better reading facilities, more capable instructors, or whatnot seem to be lending to what was formerly considered the exclusive preserve of the uncongenial grind...
...Poor Nut (Jack Mulhall). Parts of J. C. & Elliott Nugent's play made into an inferior cinema tell a story about the despised college grind who turned himself into a revered athlete when one of the campus belles tinkled near his heart...
Because of the fact that a last minute accident to one of the oarsmen in the first University boat would find no substitute prepared for the four mile grind it has been decided to train both the first and second eights for this distance. The same plan will be followed by Coach Leader...