Word: heights
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...agreed that the wreck of the ship was due to excessive wind stresses in the heart of a storm. The principal other theory advanced was that one or more of the gas cells of the ship had burst from internal pressure when the ship was forced up to great height...
...tones of the bells do not fall unobstructed or without echoes on the ears of the listeners. It must be remembered that this is the largest carillon in the world- the greatest volume of sound ever sent forth from bells. The Antwerp carillon, although much smaller, is at a height of 270 feet, and these bells should be in a tower at least 300 feet high to get the best music...
...America from his historical plays: Abraham Lincoln. Mary Stuart, Robert E. Lee. Besides these he has written Oliver Cromwell and now Robert Burns. His earlier plays were in verse, and he has in addition several volumes of poems. Today, only 43 years old, he seems to be at the height of his career...
...Jemmett, a young Englishman known for his foppish habit of dress, his astounding height and his skill in the painting of miniatures, leaped into the seas that pounded over some rocks near Biarritz, and with Raoul Fourquet, lifeguard, lost his life in an attempt to rescue a drowning Englishwoman (TIME, Aug. 3, COMMONWEALTH). Inspired by this exploit, one George Conlon, a native of Frostburg, Md., executed a small marble, "To the Heroes of the Sea," which was put on exhibition last month at the Biarritz Golf Club. A committee, organized by the Mayor of Biarritz, has raised funds to copy...
...order of the prominence of his family among the 37 members of the class of 1727. It is interesting to observe that the young Trumbull gained social distinction so rapidly that in 1756 his son Joseph ranked second at Harvard, and that three years later Jonathan Jr. attained the height of first...