Word: near
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...29th of this year there occurred a solar eclipse in Europe and pictures were taken of certain stars then seen to be near the sun. It was found by measurement that these stars were represented as being farther apart than they normally should be. That is, the rays of light had been bent while passing the sun. Einstein had predicted that this bend would be one and seven tenths seconds and this is precisely what was found to be true...
Prospects for practice for the Gun Club are decidedly brighter, as arrangements are being made for the men to shoot at the grounds of the Everett Gun Club in the near future. In addition, all members of the Gun Club have been invited to attend all the regular shoots of the B. A. A. at Riverside and at the Montclair Gun Club of Wollaston, as their guests...
...representatives of France are reported to be more advanced in training than those of any other nation, with the possible exception of the United States. The training is being carried on at a camp near the Pershing Stadium, which is in reality a university of sport. Using the army organization as a background, the training is carried on with both civilian and military athletes...
...these reasons, the Division of Education plans to establish in the near future a Graduate School for the training of teachers and school officers. This school would put professional training for school work on a level at the University with the professional training for the law, the ministry; architecture, medicine and so forth...
...result of the Navy Department's decision to so equip its seaplanes undoubtedly aided the success of the enterprise, for the NC-3, lost in the sea and fog near the Azores, all her engines stalled, wet and cold, would never have been able to taxi into Ponte del Gads, under her own power without the assistance of mechanical means for starting her propellers...