Word: power
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this year, to replace auxiliary craft now ready to be scrapped. . . . Surely Japan is not so poor that she cannot pay this sum to maintain her present fighting strength! . . . The dawn of our modern naval history has been glorious. The high noon of Japanese sea power must be worthy of our naval heroes who walk with Count Togo through the twilight of life...
...everyone knows, the temporal power of the Tenno (King of Heaven: Emperor) was eclipsed by that of the Shoguns or Tycoons ("High Princes") from the Seventh Century until the Nineteenth. It was, in fact, the great Emperor Meiji, father of the present sovereign, who overthrew the last Shogun of Japan, Keiki, in 1868, and restored the imperial dynasty...
...Parsons, inventor of the marine turbine, receive the famed Kelvin Gold Medal. I addressed the assemblage, saying in part: 'I hope you will not think me too visionary if I say that it may be possible that some day electric waves may be used for the transmission of power over moderate distances, if we succeed in perfecting devices for projecting the waves in parallel beams in such a manner as to minimize dispersion of the energy into space.' As all my auditors knew, I had already perfected such beam-projection for directive radio communication. Last fortnight I received...
...schedule with a rather dark outlook. The ineligibility of S. C. Burns '29 and Benjamin Thackaberry '29, mainstays of last year's Freshman team, and the loss by graduation of Captain W. T. Smith '26, and C. J. Rauh of last year's University five, have reduced the offensive power of the squad...
With the Crimson defensive power concentrated on stopping Slagle, Bridges and Prendergast demonstrated their worth by knifing through the line and twisting off tackle for consistent gains. The reputedly weak Princeton line opened up holes beautifully, which the speedy backs used to the greatest possible advantage. Coady, Gamache, and Sayles stood out in holding down this powerful Tiger attack...