Word: platee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...porch, there stood in the library a small statue of a gentleman whose naked freedom was a source of envy to the Vagabond. This gentleman was bent in a very athletic position, and in his right hand, withdrawn behind his back, was a circular object like a dinner-plate. Uncles and aunts had disclosed to the Vagabond the fact that the gentleman was preparing to throw the dinner-plate, but in hours of watching he never got it off, and great was the wonderment at his slowness...
...gentleman has been in the act of throwing the plate, or discus, for some centuries since he was carved out of Attic marble by Myron, the Greek sculptor, and he is known to the world as Diskobolos, or discus thrower. Professor Chase will speak on the Diskobolos and other works of Myron at 12 o'clock today in the Fogg Museum...
...rigged on the ground a large plate of metal, which was in effect a section of the earth's surface. When a thundercloud hung over his plate and lightning blazed, he found by means of extremely delicate instruments that the electrical potential of the plate changed. This was the electrical image of what happened in the cloud, one surface (usually the upper) was positively charged, the other negatively. When discharge occurred...
Tuesday. Breakfast on the train. Registered at the Willard Hotel for a morning of law conferences (the Nickel Plate merger, for the Brothers Van Sweringen of Cleveland, is in his hands). Went to the Supreme Court Chambers at the Capitol. Lunched in the Senate restaurant on pie and buttermilk. . . . Conferred with Assistant Secretary of the Navy in charge of aviation F. Trubee Davison, presiding officer of the Crime Commission; meeting set for next day. Called at the War Department. Secretary Davis at Cabinet meeting. Conferred with General Pershing's secretary, Captain Adamson, about Cleveland's reception for General Pershing...
...According to the plans approved today, the building will consist of a frame of steel and concrete, with outside walls of heavy plate glass. The partitions separating the classrooms will also consist of glass...