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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...study, the specifications for the new plane fill 195 pages, are the most complete ever drafted. In general the standardized supership will resemble the famed Douglas DC2 and the new DST, but it will be nearly twice the former's size, with 140-ft. wingspread, 95-ft. length, 25-ton weight, four motors. Able to seat 40 passengers or sleep 20, it will have a top speed of 230 m.p.h., a cruising speed of 210 at 75% horsepower, will be able to fly coast-to-coast with two stops in 13 hours, from New York to New Orleans...
...tiny girl in an abbreviated costume of red & gold, a ribbon fluttering saucily in her hair. In the centre of the ice, her sturdy little legs suddenly twinkled into the first steps of a mazurka. Then she swung into a Lutz jump, a Jackson-Haynes spin, glided backward the length of the rink in a fadeaway stop. To lay observers, this brief turn was not remarkable. For experts it was an exercise in sheer genius, the climax of the evening. Cheering wildly, they demanded two encores...
...judges for the competition will be the three Class Marshals and the Class Day Committee. Trial orations should be ten minutes in length, and will be judged both on the basis of material and delivery...
Both Bear and the 'missus' talk English, and have conversed at length with the Anthropologists concerning their language and customs, but the Linguistic learners have devoted their attention to Bull. Bull dictates long yarns in his native language, while his talented listeners copy it in a phonetic alphabet...
Only unpublished novels are acceptable, and contestants must also attach a statement that the work is submitted in competition for the prize. Preference will be given to works of general novel length; that is, from 60 to 100,000 words, and no entry of under 30,000 words will be accepted...