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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...experienced pilot, realized that either he was out of gas, or the gas feed line was broken, and headed towards Soldiers Field. Falling rapidly the plane skimmed two trees, approached the field where the band was practicing, and bounced on the ground, smashing the landing gear, propellor, and lower wings...
Holy Cross was in third place, scoring 101 points. W. Brennan, star of the Purple team, placed second in the race, in the very good time of 23 min., 57 sec failure to gain a lower group score. The poorer showing of the rest of the team was responsible for Holy Cross...
...from texts that they were carved during the early years of the construction of the building, that is, after 1088, when the work was begun, and before 1095 when the first dedication, by Pope Urban II, occurred. Originally they had square impost blocks with a spreading moulding, the lower corners of which were laid immediately above the upper corners of the capitals. The convincing proof that these are works of the first period of building is to be seen on the cast of a capital of the Four Rivers where the surfaces of the leaves and fruits...
...circular disk. Air in the cylinders was sufficient to keep the device floating on the Choptank and the platform several feet above the water. Speedboats dashed around the model. Their waves did not touch the platform nor did they rock it. The heavy horizontal disks at the lower ends of the hollow columns, below the depths to which the wave actions reached, counterbalanced all surface disturbances...
...pyramid casts the minimum shadow for its cubic capacity. Conversely, an upside-down pyramid would cast the maximum, keeping the lower floors in shade at all times. At high noon the towers would be completely in their own shadows...