Word: length
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Harvey Picker 2GB, crossed the finish line one length ahead of Peter F. Cunningham '39, in the rain yesterday to win the Junior Singles in 5:25 time. Both will be entered in the Senior race today...
...gems were first made as talismans, then as cures, then for seals, and at length for pure enjoyment, and they disclose a skill in workmanship and a knowledge of animal forms that is astounding. Many are cut on a curved surface so that the minute figures, such as the youth riding a dolphin, appear on the inside of a hollow no bigger than a walnut shell. They were signed by their artists, whose names were classed by the Greek writers with those of the great sculptors...
...Princeton in the Joe Wright regatta they learned a bitter lesson when they lost to the Bulldog boatsmen in the finals after having won by a length over the same crew in the qualifying heats...
...last week the Elis fell into the trap that was waiting for them on the Charles River when the Crimson eight took them by a third of a length in 7:05.4. Princeton trailed two lengths behind as they had done on Lake Carnegle in the Wright races...
...biggest, almost the fastest land transport plane in the U. S. It has a wingspan of 138 ft. 3 in., overall length of 97 ft. Nearly three times as heavy as the familiar DC-3, which is at present the favorite transport of all U. S. airlines, DC-4 will carry 42 passengers as a day plane, 30 passengers as a sleeper. Its top speed will be 240 m.p.h. Its 32½ tons will hurtle through the air a full mile in 15 seconds...