Word: reared
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...quarter-mile relay was narrowly won for the University by C. G. T. Lundell '27. Bateman of Tech left his Crimson rival half a lap in the rear, when Lundell, Harvard anchor man, snatched the baton, regained the lost territory, and won by a scant yard...
...carried the little watch by which he timed his stride. He disdained, at the start, the conventional crouch. Ray (Illinois A. C.) and Hahn (Boston A. A.) both got away from the pistol before him. Through the first lap, while his competitors jostled for position, Nurmi kept in the rear; when the others had settled into a file, he jogged into the lead. Higgins, onetime Columbia University star, passed him at the 600-yard post; Nurmi paid no attention. He ran very erect, pulled his legs up in front of him like levers operated by a machine, as efficient...
...Cooperative Society yesterday finished moving into the rear of the new building on Harvard Square, which will serve as its temporary home until the front of the new structure is completed. By January 17 the wreckers will have torn down the present structure completely, and work on the new building, which will be completed by August, 1925, will begin immediately...
...cord. Otherwise the parachute may become entangled in the tail surfaces of the plane. This is undoubtedly what Sergeant Gilbert failed to dp. The instinctive impulse to pull the rip cord prevailed over careful training and the shrouds were cut by the sharp cables of the plane's rear...
...Rear Admiral Nulton, a man of 55, a good disciplinarian, with a record of service in many branches of the Navy, is to step into Wilson's place. The new Superintendent was born in Winchester, Va., Was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1889. At three periods since then he has been assigned to duty at the Academy, The last time, 1915-18, when Admiral Eberle (then Captain) was Superintendent, he served as Commandant of Midshipmen...