Word: reaching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...John C. Coolidge, the President's father, was visited at Plymouth, Vt., by William Wallace Stickney, law partner of Attorney General Sargent and onetime Governor of that state (on whose staff the elder Coolidge held the title of Colonel). Mr. Stickney had to go twelve miles by snowmobile to reach the Coolidge farm, and even this machine had to be dug out of a drift near the Colonel's home...
...total cost for the nine years 1910-18 inclusive is just about equal to the annual expenditure in the last two years. Senator Warren went on: "We have four or more investigations now in process, which; up to the present have reached proportions from $11,600 to $124,000 plus. These are for investigations authorized and begun before the opening of the present session of Congress. What the total of these last may reach is unknown at present, although it is presumed that they are near their close. But, even during the last month, in one case one man drew...
Captain George Leigh Mallory, just three years ago, gave a lecture at the Union in which he showed pictures of Mt. Everest in the Himalayas and said that his next expedition would win the hard fight and reach the top of the mountain. Shortly afterward he tried again to reach the summit and 800 feet from his goal the swirling snow hid him from those far below who were watching with powerful telescopes and he has never been seen since. Captain John Baptist Noel who was with the expedition will give a lecture at 8 o'clock next Thursday evening...
...five reserved sections, are going rapidly although there are still some to be had at the H. A. A. The mass meeting tonight will start promptly at 6.30 o'clock and end at 7.30 o'clock in order that the members of the Freshman class may reach the Arena for the start of the game. Features of the meeting will be the announcement of the vote for class officers, a speech by a Yale alumnus, music by the Gold Coast Orchestra, refreshments, cigarettes and pipe tobacco, and special 1929 ash trays to be furnished by Arthurs...
...Committee on Freshman Affairs, will introduce the speakers. Music will be furnished by the Gold Coast Orchestra, refreshments will be served, and special "1929" cigarette trays furnished through the cooperation of Arthur's, Inc. The meeting will end promptly at 7.30 o'clock to permit Freshmen to reach the Arena by 8.15 o'clock in time for the Freshman Hockey game with Yale, tickets for which are now on sale...