Word: outer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Burns, who has been filling in at short during Sullivan's absence this spring, will resume his regular position at center field. Jones, a regular on last year's nine, will probably win the call of the right field post. The choice for the third position in the outer circuit will fall among Deven,s Durkee, and Hardie. Devens and Hardie were regulars on the Freshman team last year, while Durkee was a substitute on the University squad...
...Outer Planets," Professor Stetson, Astronomical Laboratory...
...first item on the Navy's shopping list was therefore 25 cruisers.* The other proposed additions were: 9 destroyer leaders, 32 submarines, 5 aircraft carriers. Calculations for these added auxiliaries were evolved on the 18-battleship scale and also with the idea of properly equipping the two outer zones of U. S. defense-Hawaii and Panama. As the result of her Allied building program during the War, the U. S. has plenty of destroyers, though these are aging.† But the U. S. quite lacks destroyer leaders-big, beamy head-ships for the destroyer squadrons (18 strong), built heavier...
Today there will be sounds of music and dancing of Juniors in the streets; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth for those who are cast into outer darkness, for the draw has been made. The little brown envelopes have been drawn out of the pillow case or other receptacle used, and from the fingers of the benevolent committee honey has dripped to some and gall to others...
...each human was knocked down, all present were called to witness that he or she had agreed to labor for one or more years in return for the sum bid, plus board & keep and one new set of outer garments. Since French peasants omit day underwear and often night garments as well, the wage scale of auction bidding was deemed adequate...