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Word: loads (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...changes, of course, will be made in Harvard's stern load of veterans, and C. H. Pforzheimer '28 appears certain to hold the tiller ropes in the, long four-mile pull on the Thames...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BATTLE ROYAL ON FOR HARVARD BOW BERTHS | 5/24/1928 | See Source »

...Officers who "scouted" the Orientals for Pullman Porters have never witnessed the feats of strength performed every day by millions of Chinamen. It is not uncommon to see three or four Chinamen doing work equivalent to a five-ton truck, or to make it plainer, they will pull a load of, from three to six tons uphill and across country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York Governors | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

...morning you can see a wheel-barrow† propelled by one Chinaman trudging along with his load of from twelve to sixteen persons, taxiing them to work in the factories. Can any of the present day Negro porters (Pullman) convey their passengers thusly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York Governors | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

...bamboo pole carried on the shoulders of one or two Chinamen with the load suspended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York Governors | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

Statistics: wing span, 46 feet; overall length, 27 feet 9 inches; weight empty, 1,870 pounds; wing area, including ailerons, 319 sq. feet; maximum speed, 126 miles per hour; landing speed, 49 miles per hour; overall height, 9 feet 10 inches; useful load, 1,550 pounds; pay load, four passengers or baggage, 800 pounds; climb with full load from sea level, 900 to 1,200 feet per minute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: A New Spirit | 4/2/1928 | See Source »

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