Word: main
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Their main functions will be to usher in Sanders Theatre and in the Stadium at the different ceremonies. They will have complete control of the gates, supervising the ticket-takers, and giving out programs. The assistant head ushers will marshall the parade to the Stadium in the afternoon...
...that it may be justly thankful, but in abolishing these petty nuisances, it has introduced no corresponding good. Harvard would have a better right to criticize the childishness of other colleges if it had more to its own credit. At present a certain conventional stupidity is its main attribute...
...book 1914, to be entirely impartial. Whatever his faults, the deceased Field Marshal will ever be remembered as the Commander-in-Chief of those gallant heroes who, in 1914, fought overwhelming odds from Mons to Ypres, perished rather than surrender. Their sacrifice on the fields of Flanders was a main contribution to the saving of Ypres (pronounced eepre)-which the British Tommy called "Wipers"-and the Channel ports and helped to hold up the mighty advance of the German military machine. Marshal Ferdinand Foch has written of French: "In him Great Britain found a grand soldier. He kept his troops...
...East each year. Last week, came one that destroyed Toyooka and Tsuiyama, damaged the famous Kinosaki Springs, injured hundreds of people. Fire quickly spread to add its horror to the picture of Nature's desolation. The Province of Tajima lies to the northeast of Osaka on the main island of Hondo. The maximum intensity of the earthquake was felt some 80 miles from Osaka, which is situate on the south shore. Seismographs recorded horizontal vibrations measuring nearly three inches and lasting several minutes. Experts declared the shock the greatest for the district in 30 years. John Barton Payne, Chairman...
...Ford trucks and a touring car make up the caravan which carries actors, stage hands, business staff, stage scenery, and all the equipment of the Jitney Players. In the main truck, which is the stage when unfolded and set up, are the hangings, which variously arranged and lighted, serve for all the productions. There are also in this truck the costumes, the three tents which serve for dressing rooms and sleeping quarters, 500 feet of canvas fence which surrounds the audience during the performance, all the electrical equipment, properties, and a variety of miscellaneous articles...