Word: reached
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...third son of George V, the Duke of Gloucester, was in South Africa when recalled. Since his speedy return was not vital he took an ordinary "mail steamer," the Balmoral Castle, from Cape Town, was expected to reach London slightly before Christmas...
...give latitude to non-Dean's List men when they momentarily reach the mark does not imply a withdrawal of rank from those men who fall below the Third Group in November or April. High standing is too desirable and not to be encouraged by quick reward and too rare to have its perhaps momentary lapse incur a penalty...
Agriculture is the preoccupation of practically all state universities, but not of West Virginia, although its corn, hay, tobacco, potatoes and fruits are worth $100,000,000 each year. Its hillbilly farmers are too difficult to reach with farming information...
...Short of flying it would be nearly impossible. For a chain of mighty mountains cuts off Bogota (see Map) from the Pacific Ocean, and the Colombian Capital is itself more than a mile and a half high (8,560 ft.). Even from the Atlantic side it takes longer to reach Bogota, by express steamer up the great Magdalena River, than to sail from America to France...
...greatest majority consumed in the hour examinations, mid-years, finals, and General Examinations. If all the pages of these blue-books could be fitted into a large area this square would approximate a square mile. The lines of writing they have enclosed, if placed end to end, would reach from here to New Haven, Connecticut...