Word: inched
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...careful pilots, H. De Lay, aerial daredevil, and R. I. Short, President of the Essandee Corporation, were killed at Los Angeles, the wings collapsing in a loop at 2,000 feet. A pin holding the wings to the body of the plane was only three-eighths of an inch in diameter instead of the required three-quarters, and its loosening caused the accident. Previous attempts on De Lay's life, his many enemies in the beach district, and his usually minute care in plane maintenance lead friends to believe that this is the first airplane murder-more subtle than...
...things taken into consideration, it seems reasonably certain that M. Poincaré will join in the proposed reparations conference, but that does not mean that he will budge one inch from his policy of forcing Germany to pay her debts and to guarantee France from acts of aggression...
...observation trains pulled into the New London station after the Yale-Harvard boat race a horde of small boys greeted them nourishing green journals. "Yale Wins" stared in six-inch headlines. Since the race had ended not five minutes before this publication seemed for the moment a journalistic miracle. Closer inspection revealed a badly written story of the vaguest and most general character. No mention of the lengths or time of victory was made. Furthermore, the Harvard crew was credited with the smoother, prettier form-a statement arrant in its stupidity...
West Point graduated 261 cadets to become second lieutenants in the Army. General Pershing presented the diplomas and told the class: " You have a rare opportunity and a sacred obligation." Leading the class was F. R. Johnson, of Tacoma. Although he is an inch under the prescribed minimum height, he was admitted to the Academy on probation and led his class for four years, amassing 2,608 out of a possible 2,770 points. Thirteen of the graduates had served in the regular Army before entering the Academy; two were Filipinos; one was from Hawaii...
...submarine has a displacement of 3,600 tons (1,400 tons greater than the one-time German U-142). The greatest secrecy is being maintained regarding the vessel. A report is current that she will carry a 13.5-inch gun. The total cost of the new colossus will be in the proximity of one million sterling...