Word: merite
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...industry. Flyers consider Croydon, near London, and the Tempelhof, near Berlin, at present the best equipped fields in the world. German flyers say Croydon as it was this past year was better than Tempelhof; British flyers call Tempelhof better than Croydon. Croydon's chief merit is that planes have a 1,400-yd runway in any direction. Practically all the field is grass-covered. That permits comfortable landings and takeoffs, except in rainy weather. Then the planes tear up the sod. To remedy that fault Croydon officials are considering putting a paved strip all around the field...
Best current pictures listed (A) according to. merit (B) according to the money they made last week: (A) The Passion of Joan of Arc-Silent French version of history's greatest courtroom scene. The Divine Lady-Love among the frigates. The Spieler-Original story of carnival life. Wild Orchids- Greta Garbo in a bedroom for three. Strong Boy-Promotions of a baggage-smasher. (B) The Wild Party ($42,300, Buffalo, Buffalo) ; Wolf. Song ($34,000, Paramount, Los Angeles); Noah's Ark ($20,000, Aldine, Philadelphia); Weary River ($7,900, Des Moines, Des Moines...
...announcement made by Coach E. J. Brown '96 shortly after the two University crews had engaged in a mile and three quarter race in the Charles River Basin on Saturday afternoon. Swaim stroked the losing crew in the trial over the full distance, but his rowing was of such merit that Coach Brown selected him in preference to P. H. Watts '31, who fixed the beat for the winning eight...
These contentions the Supreme Court swept aside as without merit...
Best current cinemas listed according to merit...