Word: plates
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Orleans, first of the fourth class of five Treaty cruisers, differs little in length, beam or speed (32 1/2 knots) from her immediate predecessors. But she was built with 10% more electrical welding on her hull than the Indianapolis. Her butt straps (where plates overlap) were welded, thus saving precious weight in rivets. Weight saved was put into armor plate. The Indianapolis is armored only in vital spots. The New Orleans, paragon of her group, can stop an 8-in. shell anywhere. Her after deck will be placed further aft than those of previous Treaty cruisers. permitting the installation...
...known as futbol. Every autumn Sunday 18 major league teams play it in stadia throughout Buenos Aires. Every Sunday Argentine fans reach a fine pitch of emotion. Last week, as Argentine's autumn got under way, Sunday crowds saw many a fine futbol game. At one a River Plate player assaulted and broke the jaw of an opponent. He was held for trial on $5,000 bail. Another was arrested for kicking his opponent in the stomach. Exhilarated, the crowd began to throw rocks at the players. Some took out revolvers and fired furiously into the melee...
...After Loughlin had rolled to the box, Adams was safe on a scratch infield single to Neel. Then in quick succession Ware followed with a Texas leaguer that dropped in short left and Thacher scorched a two-bagger which bounded in to the right-field stands. Adams crossed the plate but Ware was held on third by the two-base rule. With the infield playing close, Nevin cracked out a single to Gerhart to bring in both Ware and Thacher, giving the Crimson three runs to Princeton's none...
...space, will disclose such attachments and consequent stretching of the brain. In epileptics these unnatural attachments usually occur at the top of the skull. Dr. Ney cuts out the special section of bone, replaces the bone with a thick celluloid which the du Pouts make for him. The celluloid plate lowers the dome of the skull, prevents brain attachments, consequently prevents brain stretching. The operation is a plastic one. The scalp grows over the celluloid skull insert, which does not fracture, gives perfect brain protection. One of Dr. Ney's patients went diving, hit a block with his patched...
...President Roosevelt's Ford roadster at Warm Springs was given a distinctive license plate: "Georgia...