Word: intrepidly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gray dawn of Thursday April 10, three intrepid Harvard cyclers A. T. Gray '30, J. S. Ames '32, and K. G. Pender '30, mounted bicycles in front of the Mt. Aubura Street dormitories, faced a battery of press cameras, and whirled off bound for New York. On Friday, after an actual riding time of something more than 24 hours, the three riders pedalled into New York, winning, money for their backers in Cambridge, and giving evidence that they at least had not utterly resigned themselves to the gasoline age. A fourth rider at the start, mounted on a tandem bicycle...
...first week one stands an even chance of getting to the bottom without amusing the smokers lounging about the pillars by an elaborate balancing act in attempting to maintain his equilibrium. At the end of this period, the going becomes increasingly difficult, so much so that only the most intrepid can traverse the smoothly beveled ice. Finally the thaw comes; the uninitiated again splash joyously over their acoustomed route, hoping that before their Harvard days are over they shall have mastered the art of climbing "on the diagonal...
Richard Halliburton, intrepid globetrotter and author, stated in a recent interview that he would write no more books about his travels and adventures...
...worm-eaten records, trumps up a coat of arms for the new Lord. Its members* may even try to picture on his shield some connection with his name or works. If his name is Rokeby, his arms may bear the device of three rooks. If he has been an intrepid seafarer, his heraldry may suggest it with a ship...