Word: recessive
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last week a sudden spatter of rain drove Rye Cove school children into their plain board study-rooms before the noon recess ended. They were just wriggling themselves quiet in their seats when, down the valley, came a loud howling noise. The sky blackened. A monster wind came twisting between the mountains. It swooped down, caught at the schoolhouse, ripped off the roof, scrunched the rest of it to bits, scattered things insanely. Then it went roaring away, up over the ridge...
...Recess. Last week the Supreme Court recessed for a fortnight to catch up on its calendar, preparatory to adjournment early in June. During this term (from October) four notable cases have been decided by the court: 1) Great Lakes water diversion; 2) Oilman Harry Ford Sinclair's contempt of the Senate; 3) New York's 5? Fare; 4) Canadian immigration. Three notable cases pending are: 1) Oilman Sinclair's contempt of court (jury shadowing); 2) St. Louis & O'Fallon railway valuation; 3) presidential pocket vetoes...
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...Singleton, England, the school bell rang for recess. The fat boy, aged six, was jammed in his desk, could not rise. When the village carpenter had sawed the desk off him, recess was almost gone...
...Crimson enters the contest with a slate of two victories, one defeat, and a single tie. To start the season Harvard triumphed over the Alumni team, but during the spring recess the Crimson stickmen were trounced by Union College. Cornell met defeat at Harvard's hands last Saturday, and in a practice game on Tuesday the University tied with the Boston Lacrosse Club aggregation...