Word: rans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...night of Dec. 12, 1926, two men rang the doorbell at the home of Joseph Adams, 300-pound mayor of West City, Ill. The mayor, incautious, unsuspecting, opened the door. His callers took hasty shots at the 300-pound target, ran for their machines, left Mayor Adams dying across his threshold. Now the State of Illinois holds Charles Birger, gunman, gangster, as accessory to the murder of Joe Adams...
...cinder track at Pomona, Calif. He had been called the world's fastest human. A former Olympic star, he had burnt out, they said. Burnt or no, he would try again. Revolver barked; the cinemaman, sprang, antique legs hurled him onward. Paced by college lads he ran. Presently, head back, teeth set, he leaped through a tape. Timers announced that Charles Paddock (30-odd) had brought the world's record for 250 metres from 31.2 seconds down to 27.6. Southern Californians were pleased. "It's the air," they explained...
...Berlin, Dr. W. Christ, experimenter, stained a quart of water with a harmless blue dye; made a neighbor swallow the full quart. The doctor wanted to know how fast the stomach got rid of the water. So at intervals, he ran a rubber tube down the neighbor's throat to his stomach and drained off a little water. He learned: in 15 minutes half the water was gone, in 30 minutes four-fifths...
Making the most of his 25 yard handicap, J. S. Flaksman '29 tonight won the one mile race in the games of the Portland American Legion, in the time of 4 minutes, 29 and four-fifths seconds. Close behind him ran Reed with a 15 yard handicap, while Haggerty, University Captain starting from scratch came in third...
Once again, Montgomery Wells, stellar Dartmouth hurdler, flashed through in five and four fifths seconds to equal his own world's record for the event. In second place, Ballantyne of the University ran a fine race but was distanced...