Word: narrowed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...voyage of exploration to this land of golden dreams. And all this was but 60 years ago. . . . These 60 years just past must constitute one full chapter in the history of Japan. During all that time the Pacific Ocean, so illimitable then to us, has been growing more narrow daily. The East and the West, which stood aloof without a thing in common except their common humanity, have been by that wonderful thread drawn closer and closer together, until today we stand shoulder to shoulder as friends and allies, defying the power of the force of evil to destroy that...
...Herald (San Francisco). The young shoot of the Vanderbilt stock prepared to branch forth in a new direction with the traditional magnetism of his family. But the insidious voice of trouble raised its head. Could it be that he had not financed his venture in an entirely straight-and-narrow fashion ? Two ladies filed complaints against the Vanderbilt Newspapers, Inc.; Helen G. Sharpe and Anna L. Watson charged that they were persuaded to buy stock by false inducements, because the name of William H. Vanderbilt appeared in the promotion literature of the company as a Vice President and Director...
...York end the receiving apparatus consists of an electric lamp behind a thin metal wall, placed in a strong magnetic field. The wall forms one side of a narrow slot through which the light passes. The fluctuations in the current passing through the magnetic field move the metal wall back and forth according to their intensity, making the slot wider or narrower. The light beam, passing through the slot, falls on the revolving cylinder, printing broader or narrower lines of light on the film. With each revolution the cylinder is jerked 1/65th of an inch to the right...
...count, which was announced last night, resulted in the election of Edward George Lowry '25 of Washington, D. C., as Vice-President. The fight between him and G. P. Baker '25 was exceedingly close, Lowry, winning by the narrow margin of ten votes...
...expected that this new arrangement will greatly decrease the possibilities of accident at the float, which have always been serious in the past. With launches and shells constantly arriving at and departing from the float, there have been many narrow escapes for swimmers diving off the float and swimming in the surrounding waters. Fortunately, any actual mishaps have been avoided in the past, and, according to Mr. Geer, they may be obviated altogether, now that the bathing has been restricted to one end of the float...