Word: pound
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...turned in the best time of the day in the trials of the three year class singles races to beat Arthur V. Meigs uL by one length. Thomas J. Darcey, Jr. '36 and F. D. Anderson 1L were the other winners, Darcey leading the second heat in the 155-pound class, and Anderson winning the first in the first heat of the three year class...
...enough to cut glass and, when applied with oil to a wheel, would cut the face of a diamond tool. Acheson called the stuff "carborundum," because he thought it was composed of corundum and carbon before it was analyzed as silicon carbide. The first crude furnace produced a quarter-pound of carborundum a day. which was sold to jewelers for $880 per Ib. Frank Tone, a good businessman as well as an able scientist, built up the company that today makes 16,000 tons of carborundum a year, sells it for 15? per Ib. His own inventions, of which...
...pregnant and can deal with her child-to-be, the better for him. Eighty per cent of a human being is perfected during the 40 weeks in the womb. From a fertilized ovum smaller than a pin head, the embryo multiplies 2,000 million times to become a 7-pound, 2O-inch baby at birth. It is during the first two months of that marvelous multiplication that malformations generally develop. Hence the pregnant woman must at that time take extraordinary care to avoid mental, emotional or physical shocks. She should drink a great deal of water. Well-nourished wealthy women...
...standout in the Harvard backfield is Larry Boston, 190-pound triple threat, who should prove a tough problem for the Worcesterites to solve. Guarding the center of the line will be 185-pound Jim Fearon, who has been promoted to the starting lineup. Otherwise the team is composed of experienced players...
...Freshmen in which they advise their pupils what to do and what not to do. They are told to wear cap and gown in the streets after dark; failing this, and supposing the proctors catch them, they pay a fine of 6s 8d (a third of a pound). They are also advised, not in so many words, to avoid meeting the proctors when or if in the company of notorious women of the town...