Word: height
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...supercharger been functioning properly, I believe it would have been very easy to gain a height greatly in excess of 40,000 feet . . . . Visibility was excellent. . . . The clock froze at about 30,000 feet. . . . I was in no danger at any time. . . . Of course I got a little chilly...
...weight of about pounds which is at the end of a cable wound round a spool. When we wind the clock it means that the weight has to be lifted 100 feet. The bells are rung by a weight of 1500 pounds which has to be lifted the same height. As a rule it takes me nearly an hour to finish...
...Charles Hoff, famed all-around athlete, holder of the world's pole vault record (13 ft. 11 15/16 in.), arriving from Norway to compete in the season's indoor meets. He has never before vaulted indoors, but believes that he can achieve the as yet unrecorded height of 14 ft. He will also compete on board tracks against the best U. S. middle-distance runners. Charles Hoff is the first to arrive of four celebrated European athletes. Others who will compete here this winter are imperturbable Hubert Houben, German sprinter; hirsute Adrian Paulen, Dutch middle-distancer; and George...
...Little Hsu" one is especially notable. Seven years ago he was the guest of General Lu Chien-chang at Tientsin. While they were walking in the garden, "Little Hsu" whipped out a revolver and shot Lu point blank through the heart. "Little Hsu's" power was at its height at the time, and no one dared to lay a finger upon him. Such was the steely eyed man whom Chief Executive Tuan Chi-jui was rumored to be on the point of calling to the post of Premier last week...
...Memorial Cup awarded to the man who turns in the best season's performance in the polovault. In the Harvard Yale dual track meet last spring Combs was the only Harvard representative to score in this event. He tied with Durfee of Yale for first place, both attaining the height of 12 feet. He was a consistent performer throughout the season...