Word: journeys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Although some Seniors were a little afraid that perhaps they would not have the opportunity of setting on a rather long journey their far-famed derbies, they finally were able to make the air black with them. On a field where boats could have been used to advantage, the Old Gold and Black swam to victory. And, it might also be said the margin of victory was as large as anyone could desire. On a water-soaked field, the exact strength of a team cannot be exactly determined, but nevertheless every loyal Boilermaker looks forward to seeing the best team...
...long ago. Corsica, land of hot skies and almost savage peasants, lifted its little mountains on the moors beyond the window. Famous and courtly figures, so long kenneled in their small dark house, peered over the shoulder of the reader; he saw them but his eyes continued their hesitating journey from left to right over the pages that were like a thin maze. A fashionable lady bowed at his elbow; Voltaire took snuff and made a face behind him. At last James Boswell Talbot gathered his ancestor's writings and put them back into the ebony...
Four weeks ago a monoplane jumped eastward from Newfoundland to break the record for a journey around the world. At the controls sat William S. Brock; beside him sat Edward F. Schlee...
...second place such a claim to fame would necessitate a personal knowledge of every bud on the glass flowers in Cambridge and an ability to cross Washington street without fear or trembling. The confident Freshman whose savoir-faire considerably outweighs his rational aculties may believe that a journey down the long white trek to Andrews Square or a nook in the attic of the Boston Opera House should entitle him to the keys of the city and a bed in the State House. The established order of things is, however, much different. The day is past when one could romp...
Ninth Day. They landed at an airdrome six miles outside of Allahabad, took notice that they had completed slightly more than one-third of their proposed journey in slightly less than one-third of the world's record time...