Word: net
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...net result which the reader of these annual homilies upon business deduces is that while 1924 should be prosperous, still we must not expect a boom or borrow too heavily at the bank...
...crew by means of parachutes or a desperate forced landing, all hopes of saving the ship or its crew ceased when on the ninth or tenth day from the date of departure the body of the commander, Lieutenant du Plessis de Granadan was found in Sicilian waters by the net of a fisherman. No log among the few papers in his pockets, the failure of any carrier pigeons to return, a gleam of light seen off the coast of Sicily about the time that de Granadan's watch stopped led to the supposition that the disabled airship collapsed and exploded...
...center, is the same brilliant performer on the rink that he was on the gridiron. He scored three goals, and his spectacular length-of-the-rink dash in the second period was the best individual bit of the afternoon. He out-skated the entire Malden team and, catching the net-guardian off balance, drove the puck home. His supporters in the forward line, Hamlen and Scott, both of whom were quarterbacks last fall, also showed up well. Coady, at right defense, should become a star. The weight and speed which aided him so materially in football are equally advantageous...
...other two Toronto tallies were the result of speedy skating on the part of the visitors and lax covering up by the Crimson players around their goal. Thus when the Canadian captain skated around the Harvard net and made a back hand flip into the net, Newell was the only one to raise a hand against him, for the University defence was lined up a few feet in front of the cage, waiting to intercept the pass that didn't come...
...last goal was also made by the around-the-goal route, and this time the expected pass materialized. The men in front of the net, however, were neither able to spoil Wright's gift, or to block the scoring shot which Westman drove between their legs...