Word: momently
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...large hat such as Mexican "greasers" wear, such as cowboys wear in the cinema-in short, a sombrero, its rim a burning red, its crown a brilliant blue, was given into the hands of Mr. Coolidge. After a short moment of admiration for so engaging a specimen of the hatters craft, Mr. Coolidge stuck his head under the hat's ample canopy-and in no time became a member of the Smoki Tribesmen of Prescott, Ariz. With the President in the rear grounds of the White House were representatives of the Prescott Chamber of Commerce, who performed the initiative...
...that time the officers were mounted, and from their positions above the crowd, they were working havoc among the student combatants. The students were quite dismayed at this unexpected attack, but only for a moment until one of the men was inspired with a brilliant idea and held the torch which he was carrying underneath a horse. The animal reared and threw its rider to the ground...
...rest of the students quickly followed suit, and the police retired in temporary disorder. In a moment they returned on foot and shortly succeeded in clubbing the men into submission. Most of the University students escaped by crossing the bridge into Cambridge, out of the jurisdiction of the Boston policemen. The others, Tech students, whose school was at that time in Boston, were not so fortunate and were captured in large numbers...
Since no tests have ever been made by a radio station transmitting from the top of the Stadium it is impossible at the present moment to determine the actual range the new apparatus will possess. It is expected, however, that results will not be inferior to those obtained at the old station, which was heard in almost every state of the Union and in Europe...
...semipolitical posts. In 1905, at the conclusion of the Russo-Japanese War, he was sent on a mission to the U. S. in the capacity of Financial Commissioner. It was during this first visit that he conceived a great admiration for President Roosevelt and it was likewise from that moment that he became active in fostering friendly relations between the U. S. and Japan. It is recounted of him that, during the Great Earthquake (TIME, Sept. 10, 1923), he rushed into his burning house and rescued a picture of his Emperor and an autographed photograph of "Teddy" and that...