Word: inched
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Slowly the French were compelled to retire on Fez, fighting every inch of the way against impossible odds. At one point of the offensive, retreat was cut in the rear, and their position, desperate to say the least, was eased only by a glorious counteroffensive in which the hottest fighting of the war occurred. Two days' fighting drove the Riffians back into the hills and once again relieved Fez from imminent danger...
Engineer Ethelbert Favary pointed out the decrease in road destruction that is obtained by distributing a given weight over six surfaces instead of four. To save their roads, many states have enacted laws limiting the weight of trucks and the weight of their loads per square inch of tire. Under the California law, 180 5.5-ton four-wheelers would be required legally to carry a load of merchandise that 100 7-ton six-wheelers could handle. The 100 six-wheelers, weighing many tons less than the 180 four-wheelers, would pound up the roads less. They would burn about...
...impromptu cantatas-"swipes," "seventh heaven," "amen corner," Russian depths and breath control. Most important are the actual scores of a dozen much-mangled tunes and the standard words, disputes over which have rent asunder the closest of harmonizers. Slipped into the covers of the volume are two cheap 5-inch phonograph records...
Paul Shorey: Famed in the world for his classical learning, and among his friends for the keenness of his wit, he is every inch a scholar...
...when they started, but about 4:30, the train ran into a shower. Once in the mountains, the temperature was less and less offensive. In the diner, Mr. and Airs. Coolidge ate alone, with Secretary Kellogg and Senator Lenroot across the aisle. Mr. Coolidge had a two-inch broiled steak, a cup of jellied consomme, toasted raisin bread and hot coffee. Mrs. Coolidge confined herself to the cold consomme, chicken salad and iced coffee. After dinner, they retired to the observation car. At Cumberland, Md., she received a delegation of Camp Fire Girls...