Word: radius
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...final examinations. We do not wish to insinuate that the members of the Freshman Class are the only ones guilty of these midnight gatherings on street-corners, where the sole qualification for leadership is a loud voice and an untiring purpose to wake every student within a radius of several blocks. Nor do we wish to contend that the winning of a class crew race is not a better cause for organized noise than the underlying motives for many of the other noisy gatherings, which almost nightly postpone or disturb our slumbers...
...amendment to the rules of play was passed, which requires that in any game not more than three players on each side shall be within a radius of seven and one-half yards of the ball at the face-off. The object of this rule is to prevent mass play. Stricter eligibility requirements were proposed, but were not adopted...
...part, have, in general, been decided upon. The width, at any point, from the outer wall to the inner parapet will be 95 feet, the length of the straight side 363 feet, and the distance from side to side 230 feet. The bow will be semi-circular, with a radius of 115 feet for the inner circle or parapet, and a radius of 210 feet for the outer circle or outer wall...
...about Boston and Cambridge," explained the general features of the landscape of this region, and showed by the stereopticon many of its interesting and beautiful views. He emphasized the accessibility of all the country about Boston, which offers great opportunity for valuable trips. No point within a radius of twenty-five miles from Boston is more than three miles from a car line...
...model, a solid piece of plaster thirty feet in circumference, is the largest of the kind yet produced in this country and by far the most accurate. The area represented is nearly five hundred square miles, embracing the territory within a radius of twelve miles from Boston...