Word: heavier
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...flew the Paris mail into Santiago, Chile, in four days. Compagnie Generale Aeropostale announced a weekly schedule, weather permitting. from Toulouse, France, to Santiago via Senegal, Brazil and Buenos Aires. Craft used: a Late 28 seaplane powered with 600-h. p. Hispano-Suiza engine. Significance: France will concentrate on heavier-than-air craft with immediate returns while other nations undertake costly dirigible experiment...
Harvard's loss in the main event was somewhat of a disappointment, since it is the Crimson's first defeat of the season. When, however, it is considered that both Tech and Navy are much heavier crews than the Crimson, Harvard's showing in the rough water of the Basin is by no means discouraging. To observers in launches following the race, it appeared that Harvard shipped a lot of water after passing the bridge; if that was the case, a higher stroke might have resulted in sinking the shell...
...Capt. Sir Arthur Henry Rostron of S. S. Berengaria upon approaching Manhattan last week: that the Gulf Stream was flowing nearer shore than he had ever seen it in 40 years of seafaring. Deduced by Capt. Rostron: this shift is responsible for Manhattan's milder win- ters, heavier fogs. Predicted by Capt. Rostron: if the Stream's shift continues many more years, a climate for Manhattan like Bermuda's, "palm trees on Long Island...
...races centers chiefly in the final event, when the M. I. T. and Harvard University eights meet. Little has been said concerning the work of the Tech crews, save for accounts of their showing in the regatta with Navy and Columbia, but Coach Haines' crew is known to be heavier and rangier than any he has ever before put on the Charles. Coach White side has had his first boat make excellent time in trial rows, but tomorrow's race, the first real test of the season for the Crimson oarsmen, should afford them a foe worthy of their best...
Club Fellow has been out of publication for two months. Under its new owners it will become fatter, will be printed on heavier stock. Artist Alberto Vargas, who once painted the portraits of 25 glittering Ziegfeld showgirls in 25 days, will do the covers. Editor John C. Schemm hopes to have Club Fellow bursting with wit, humor, new gossip, sport. Douglas Brinkley. musicomedy skitster, cousin of Nell Brinkley who draws baby-faced beauties for Hearstpapers, will conduct a column of Broadway chitchat...