Word: pass
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...standard measurements messed up the trade between the American colonies; though the U.S. Constitution directed Congress to fix the standards of weights & measures, Congress did nothing about it for 80 years. Congressmen were passionately interested in the subject, but they could not agree. Repeatedly Washington begged Congress to pass a standardization law; in 1795 he suggested that the U.S. adopt the new French metric system. Jefferson thought he had a better idea: he wanted a system based on the length of a uniform cylindrical pendulum which, at 45° N. latitude, would move at the rate of one beat...
...History teaches that success will pass, and also that failure will pass; that progress is never secure...
...football team found itself unable to run or pass against a Holy Cross squad that was as nimble as it was heavy, and as a result the Yardlings dropped a one-sided 19-0 game Saturday at the Stadium...
Although the jayvees threw no passes, the Cadets are expected to rely more on an aerial game tomorrow than they have in the past, since word has gotten around that pass defense is not the Crimson's forte. The same weakness has appeared in all of Army's encounters to date, and Harvard may be expected to retaliate in kind...
...Officer in charge of the Company and sent on to the Commandant. Any unfortunate whose desirability seems to be in doubt as a result of these studies is then sent before the Brigade Aptitude Board, consisting of senior officers and a psychologist, who investigate the case thoroughly, and then pass it on to higher channels involving the Commandant, Superintendent, the heads of all academic departments, and finally the Secretary of War. It can only be imagined what sort of shape this process leaves the suspected student in, but one might guess that his dynamic qualities might be even more impaired...