Word: main
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Princess mine, one of the oldest in the Cape Breton area, was opened in 1867. So many tons have been gouged from its insides that the main shaft now runs nearly two miles out under the salty waters of Sydney Harbor, more than 1,000 feet below the surface. In the early morning, as a clammy fog began to blow off the harbor, grizzled old colliers and young shavers, eager to put pick to coal again, tramped to the mine mouth. There they stepped aboard the "cage," a rickety elevator which dropped them 700 feet to the mine-deep, starting...
Aboard the luxurious 22-passenger Imperial Airways liner Frobisher, speeding from Paris to Croydon Airport one evening last week, were a group of travelers that might have been chosen by a cinema director. They numbered 13. Main characters were a sophisticated Manhattan night-club songstress, an aloof British movie actress, an equerry to the Duke of Gloucester, a fun-loving mademoiselle from Paris, a Connecticut Yankee. There were also three solid businessmen, extras...
...main reason for the exceptionally long delay in the Register's appearance, Keith explained, is that a great many Yardlings did not have their pictures taken until short time...
...main purpose of the movement is to find out what the Law School body thinks about its eating facilities as they now exist, whether a list of eating places would be advisable, and if a co-operative is desirable...
With eight lettermen and a strong Freshman contingent serving as the main cogs of his team, Coach Ken Loeffier has started intensive preparation for the opening Eli contest of the year against Lafayette, and there has been a strong feeling that this year the Blue are headed for the heights...