Word: rear
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Died. Rear Admiral Franklin Jeremiah Drake, 82, retired: at his home in Washington. Rear Admiral Drake once served on the historic frigate Constitution; and as a midshipman, in 1863, chased Confederate privateers. He was descended from Sir Francis Drake, Admiral of the English Navy...
Sims on Atrocities. Conveniently for Mr. Ponsonby the U. S. Navy's Rear Admiral William Sowden Sims has now declared: "There exists no authentic report of cruelties ever having been committed by the commander or crew of a German submarine. The Press reports about cruelties were only meant for propaganda purposes...
...Kansas City. Mo., a nicely dressed gentleman entered the Catholic Cathedral. He was Henry J. Schepers. a bill collector. He knelt in prayer in a rear pew. Then, still kneeling, he drew a pistol from his pocket and blew a hole through his head. The bullet pierced a stained glass window with the gleaming legend THY SINS ARE FORGIVEN THEE. The bullet hole made a period for the sentence...
...Widener Library neared completion, a sizeable subway was constructed from University Hall past the corner of the new library, under Massachusetts Avenue, down Linden Street, under Mt. Auburn Street, and thence to the rear of the then new Gore Hall of the Freshman group. At that point, when the steam pipes were installed, connection was made with the system from the Elevated power plant. The heating service, even at that great distance, proved satisfactory and it was gradually extending until all the Yard buildings, except the house occupied by Professor Palmer, were connected with the central plant. Later...
Murray and Budd a goodly number.) In general, the new models taper from rear to front. That gives roomy back seats. By widening rear axles, manufacturers have obviated the unsightly overhung bodies of past years. Very few open cars are now made. The closed bodies are slung very low. Triplex and Duplex safety glass appear in almost every expensive car and in the windshields of cheaper makes. Chromium, non-tarnishing metal, is used almost universally in lamp rims, hub caps, door handles, bumpers and other trimmings. Body colors are subdued, more blacks appearing than for several years...