Word: hugeness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mines. A new scheme of air defense for England is being prepared by the Air Ministry under the direction of Colonel Edward B. Ashmore, who commanded London's defense during the War. Great areas of the sky will be "mined" by hundreds of captive balloons, from which huge nets will be hung, the system extending to a height of three miles. Above these "mines," to a further height of nearly six miles, a complete vertical barrage of bursting shells will "prevent any aviator coming through alive." Smoke screens of such proportions as to form veritable clouds will help...
...Dirigibles. But the British Government is not following the lead of the U. S. in building huge dirigibles...
...clock last night to open the 19th annual Junior Dance. More drifted in during the next hour, but it was not until 11.30 that the great social event was in full swing. From then until 4 o'clock this morning, when the orchestra stopped playing, the huge Memorial Hall was packed with more than 700 dancers...
...Sisyphus?in Greek mythology, a king of Corinth, condemned in Hades to roll uphill a huge stone that always rolled down again...
...lower its rate. Even the Minneapolis Reserve Bank has a reserve ratio of almost 80%?a very high figure. But the Reserve officials evidently intend to feel their way cautiously, to adopt in part a policy of "watchful waiting." Their greatest fear is inflation; and with our huge unused gold reserves, it is something to be watched...