Word: hugeness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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CRADLE SNATCHERS-A nasty tale of three young men and three older women, which has attained huge popularity...
...These huge buildings act as acoustic devices badly placed, so that the 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...
...much was clear. Readers of the Daily News again perused the headline that had attracted them. Across the top of the front page, right over the picture, ran the huge black letters: RUM ENDS HER DANCE OF LIFE...
...college presidents of fifty years ago foreseen that baby football would develop to so huge a monster, it is certain they would have nursed him with some alarm. Had they foreseen that a part of their educational system was to grow, and swell, and put on airs until it became bigger than the whole, they would have taken due precautions to keep the usurper in his place. But they did not see. And in consequence, college football has now reached the point where many persons worship it as the acme of college purpose, as the sole standard of the merit...
...only got a raise of two cents an hour by the transfer; yet when my former companions saw me--with tools--a huge wrench and an oil can--my social standing was "elevated amazingly." Mr. Williams also told the story of a carpenter who went away from a humble job to a position where hours were shorter and pay higher. A fortnight later he returned. "Higher, pay?--yeah. But do you know what they wanted me to do? Bang together a bunch of boards into a ramshackle barn for a target, and one shot from a gun 14 miles...