Word: heights
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...York is giving the philosophy of height a trial. New Yorkers look forward eagerly to a city two or three times thicker in cross-section than it is now, evidently willing to put up with vertical existence for the satisfaction of saying that they live in the biggest city in the world. Meanwhile crystal gazers predict that the decentralization of New York must come about some day, not with the consent of the inhabitants to be sure, but in spite...
...never been verified, since persons so falling have always lost consciousness upon impact with the ground or street, never to regain it. Last week, two army aviators-Sergeant Randall L. Bose, Corporal Arthur Bergo-set themselves to disprove the belief. At Mitchel Field, L. I., they ascended to a height of 3,000 feet in a bombing plane, leaped out with closed parachutes. A large crowd had gathered below. This crowd saw the two begin their plunge, waited to see them open their parachutes. After descending a short distance, however, the men began to twist, whirl, somersault. Screams of horror...
That a group of sane minded men should sit in solemn conclave, discuss, deliberate, and finally pass a bill that dictates what, or what shall not be used to beautify feminine cheeks, is assuredly the height of Babbittism. The news has just arrived from the Harvard-Boston expedition to Egypt that the princess, who was first thought to be wife of Sneferuw, used green cosmetic. If the walls of the tomb had also contained a solemn royal edict to the effect that no such decoration was to be used by the women of the Nile valley, the explorers would doubtless...
...ever heard of passing a physical examination by sleeping. The case of a man who grew enough to pass the Annapolis entrance exams by merely going to bed was cited. Dr. Parmenter scoffed at the idea, exclaiming, "Perhaps the would-be middle failed to reach the required height, but he certainly achieved the height of absurdity...
...Argentine Imperial," said Heift. "I am about to organize an expedition to travel into the solar system." He produced a copy of The Solar Path, prospectus written by himself. "With each copy of this I give away a bond redeemable for $20 in 1960. ... At a height of about 800 miles from here, there is a solid land, a new earth. There we will find riches and precious stones in abundance and we intend to claim that new domain...