Word: pass
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...nothing of the crew whom Captain Nobile has abandoned on the Polar ice. As the years pass General Nobile will grow so weary of explaining why he was the first to leave his ship. Those explanations will be sufficient punishment...
...shrewd was a dig taken at Right Honorable Members by Speaker Whitley in his last address to the House of Commons: "The duties of the Chair do not become lighter as the years pass on. With each new Parliament there are more members who wish to take an active part in the proceedings by question or in debate, and a Speaker often carries to his pillow an acute sense of loss for the speeches that were undelivered?speeches no doubt much better than those to which he has listened. [Laughter, cheers...
...inform you that in 1905 there were 153 medical schools in the U. S., while at present there are only 69 such schools. All professions have increased their requirements and the schools which could not meet the demand either had to consolidate with a stronger institution or else "pass out of the picture." During these years optometry has been building-true, a few of our "weak sister" schools have closed their doors, but during this same time we have established courses in Optometry at Columbia University (New York City), University of Rochester (Rochester, N. Y.), Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio...
Along the green and white, cool coast from San Francisco to Grants Pass, Ore. (482 miles), a man in moccasins ran lightly and slowly, living up to a name. He, Flying Cloud, Indian Marathoner, first reached the post office in Grants Pass, beating Melika, 58-year old Zufri, and Chief Ukiah, puffing miles behind. him. Flying Cloud won $5,000. Another $5,000 was divided among the men who finished...
...cleared by famed Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill, ruddy as a round full moon, matter of fact as the taxes he imposes. Crisply Mr. Churchill told the M. P.s that they, as a body of laymen, should not set themselves up as ecclesiastical arbiters, but should pass the Book in deference to the expert endorsement already accorded it by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and a large majority of the Bishops of the Church of England...