Word: numberous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Under the present plans this trophy will be given to that club pilot who during the academic year makes the best record in the three following divisions: first the greatest number of hours flown in the Club plane; second the best record for safety; and third the best record for attendance and efficiency on the days on which he is on duty at the airport...
...Flying Club trophy award has been conceived more or less as a parallel to the competition for the Grover Loening prize which is granted to the College Flying Club amassing the greatest number of hours in the air a year. Its again purpose will be to stimulated interest among the pilots and to them incentive for regular flying as well as increasing the emphasis upon the safety and efficiency of operation. The trophy will probably be in the form of an individual cup and a certain number of free flying hours. In addition there is the possibility of some permanent...
...first glance Britannia appeared in escapably destined to rule in potency. But canny folk noted that the second number of Britannia appeared with only 13 paid-for pages and with the front and back in side covers unsold...
...miles and 480 yards from the start. Marathon races were well-patronized then; the greatest of runners was Dorando, a confectioner from the island of Capri. Hayes was 22, the son of an East Side Manhattan Irish baker; he was 5 ft. 3 ¾ in. tall and his number was 26. One hot. windless day. late in July, a gun was fired, and the runners strung out along the road, jogging slowly in the haze of early afternoon...
After a period of teaching in various colleges, and a year as assistant secretary of the National Civic Federation of 1902, Commons became professor of Economics at Wisconsin in 1904. In his term of service at this university Professor Commons has trained a large number of men now prominent in the field of labor relations. From 1913 to 1915 he was a member of the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations...