Word: half-hour
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...half-hour scrimmage was ordered by Dempsey to finish the practice. The coach made frequent substitutions and every man on the squad was given a chance to show his ability. George Crawford, former star athlete at St. Mark's and quarterback on the Freshman football team, distinguished himself by shooting several hard goals after sprints down the ice. W. G. Saltonstall, who played at Exeter, exhibited great speed and skilful stickwork in taking the puck down...
...alone, is the invention of Professor James Worthington, an astronomer of Carmel, Calif. He is interested chiefly in astronomical photography, but his achievements may revolutionize commercial and motion picture photography. In good moonlight a one-second exposure with Worthington's lens will give as perfect detail as a half-hour exposure with present-day cameras. His plates show shadows cast by starlight. The secret is no new discovery, he says, but "a simple fundamental," taught by Euclid long before photography was known...
With General Messing, ex-Minister of War, as umpire, Professor Bernard Cuneo, a surgeon, and Dr. Elie Broca, a physician, "lunged, thrust and parried for a good half-hour." Finally the surgeon, who ought to have known better, let himself be punctured by the physician. The duel was over...
...half-hour test will be held at 7 o'clock every morning on the text book assignments for the day, and after an hour's lecture at 8 o'clock the students will work in the field until 4 o'clock. The week's work will end at noon on Saturdays and men in good standing will be granted leave of absence from the camp until Sunday night...
...friendliness by Pope Pius XL The gorgeous ceremony of the Vatican visit can only be compared to the magnificence associated with the courts of medieval days. The Vatican announces that it attaches great importance to the visit, and, although the Pope refuses to divulge the subject of his half-hour conversation with King George, a high Vatican official said that the visit was regarded as " the beginning of a general reconciliation in the Church of Christ...