Word: inched
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Here, in an inch of inconspicuous telegraphic news, is summed up for anyone who cares to read, as perfect a justification of the little-known half of the Monroe doctrine, as could be brought out in pages of leagal phrascology; and it is only one among dozens of similar cases happening in out of the way corners of the Western Hemisphere. The insurrection in Nicaragua broke out Sunday when revolutionists served a government fort, commanding the city. The American marines arrived, took over the fort from the rebels without a shot, returned it to its proper garrison, and the disturbance...
...Crimson cohorts were superior in every department of the game, the base-running of the journalists being specially brilliant. Time and again the daily's men charged through the lines of Ibis, fighting off tacklers every inch of the way, and finally reaching second or third base leaving a trail of fallen punsters behind...
...Yale lock. This lock appears to have been used by the natives of eastern Africa long before it was known to civilization. The Makonde and Ambo tribes fasten the doors of their houses with these locks. They are large, and clumsily made of wood. The tumblers are about an inch in diameter, and when the door is unlocked, are raised to the proper height by means of a clumsy key with corresponding projections...
...have felt since the days of the First Picnic in Eden; and the mail-order edition of Webster's exclusive and only masterpiece contains some rare specimens for the cultured collector. At sundry other points the necessary measures are taken to cause the inevitable maidenly blush to rise an inch or two, and then, duty performed, to subside expectantly; a process without which no issue seems to be regarded as complete...
...shell is wall-sided and an inch deeper than is usual. It is fitted, there fore, for a heavy crew and rides high in the water despite the weight of the present eight. For the past few years some well-known critics of rowing have declared that the University crews have been down at the bow. A consideration of the weights as published on Thursday and of the shell as it rode yesterday makes it clear, however, that this criticism cannot be repeated this year. The shell has been rigged under the direction of Dr. Howe and the Graduate Committee...