Word: heights
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only one, one of the few collections of Russian chimes in America, consists of 18 bells. Thirteen of these were cast within 100 years of each other, and half of the nineteenth century. The largest of the bells is nine feet in diameter and nine feet in height. Its weight, including the tongue is 27,000 pounds; it is one of the 16 largest ever hung in Moscow or its suburbs...
...second, third and fourth largest bells are respectively seven feet three inches, five feet three inches, and five feet, in height. The smallest bell is ten inches high and weighs about 25 pounds...
...famed militant suffraget, strode masterfully into the National Gallery, ad- vanced grimly upon a beautiful Venus by Velasquez. It was known as the Rokeby Venus because it had hung for generations in Rokeby Hall, Yorkshire, was purchased by the nation in 1905 for $225,000. March 1914 was the height of the suffraget agitation in Britain: ladies were chaining themselves to the railings of the Houses of Parliament, shouting themselves hoarse on street corners, smashing windows on Bond Street. Suffraget May Richardson had already distinguished herself by setting fire to the Countess of Carlisle's home at Hampton-on-Thames...
Investigation proved that the room had been rented by a nattily dressed, swarthy man about 5 ft. 8 in. in height, who gave his name as "M. J. Marcus." Pittsburgh police quickly arrested a notorious gangster. Hyman ("Hymie") Martin, who tallied with the description except that he stands over 6 ft. Martin admitted he had been in Cleveland on the evening of the murder. But he loudly protested that he knew nothing of the "bumping-off," crying: "I'm a gentleman, a rum-runner...
After praising the team for its steady improvement throughout the season, Coach Wachter stated yesterday that he was hopeful of a win. In the first games of the year the lack of height of both centers and guards proved a severe handicap. Lately, however, the team has been successfully using the defensive tap. That is, the men have so arranged themselves that no matter which center gets the jump, they have a good chance to get possession of the ball. This opening strategy, combined with accurate hook-passing over the heads of the opposing guards, puts the Crimson within scoring...