Word: placing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have only begun, for an elephant is not a pleasant beast. Once when I was walking through a bank of bushes my outstretched hand hit something that didn't feel like wood. It wasn't; it was the side of an elephant! I couldn't get out of that place fast enough...
...England led in the number of holders, with the Middle and Far West edging out the Middle Atlantic States for second place. Boston Latin scored most heavily of the high schools, represented by 37 graduates; Cambridge Latin has 18, and Boston English, seven. Of the private schools, Exeter and Andover led with 13 and five, respectively...
...seating of the University eight will be announced tomorrow evening following the practice. Several new combinations were tried yesterday after the race, with E.L. Millard '31 rowing in place of C. McK. Norton '29, who has been out of action since last Friday...
...applied only to the territorial waters of the U. S. for domestic as well as foreign ships. It is under this decision that foreign ships bring beverage liquor into U. S. ports under seal. Said Mr. Sheedy: "All other trans-Atlantic passenger vessels serve liquor. . . . The law does not place American vessels under any handicap in this particular. ... If passengers desire wines and liquor, we must, to maintain our position, do the same thing as our competitors. The Sheedy plan will operate in this manner: Under the law the Leviathan may carry some 97 gallons of wines and spirits...
...month. The 2,523 entrants in the 29th annual tournament of the American Bowling Congress finished knocking down pins and carried away prize money amounting to more than $100,000. Outstanding was Adolph Unke of Milwaukee, who won the singles with a total of 728*, and took second place in the all events with 1,952. Otto Stein Jr., of St. Louis won the all events with 1,974. W. Kleca and P. Butler of Chicago were the doubles winners with 1,353 and the Hub Recreation team of Joliet, Ill., won the team event with...