Word: mi
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...musquash. They breed three or four times a year; spring litters are frequently propagating by autumn. Before Great Britain was the sad example of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1905 five muskrats were taken from the U. S. to Prague. By 1914 their descendants had spread 90 mi. in every direction. In 1927 they covered half of Austria, had invaded Germany, were estimated to number 100 millions...
...Navy crew: a 1½-mi. race against Columbia, at Annapolis...
...weeks. He had been sick (TIME Dec. 21). His conducting arm had failed him. He had had to cut short his season go back to Italy for treatments. The rumor that he might never come back had never quite been downed, yet he had come back, traveled 4,500 mi. from Italy to help unemployed U. S. musicians. "The audience stood up when he came on stage. It rhapsodized over him during intermission. It suddenly started cheering when the concert was done. For once Toscanini was disarmed, appeared not ungrateful for appreciation...
...Lest the 500 Ib. of dead metal drop and injure some one on the ground, he swung his crippled ship out over the Mississippi River, banked steeply, shook the engine off, watched it fall down, down, down safely into the water. After requesting a relief ship, he maneuvered 25 mi. on two motors to an emergency landing field. When the relief ship arrived, some of the passengers said they enjoyed the experience, all of them flew on to Chicago, less than one hour late...
...Distance: 11,000 mi. Messrs. Post & Gatty flew around the world, 15.474 mi. in 8 days...