Word: rectangularity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last week, men enthusiastically lugged into the Choptank River a one-ton steel model of the steel islands (seadromes) which Edward R. Armstrong of Holly Oak, Del., proposes to anchor 375 miles apart across the Atlantic. The model, 1/32 the size of intended seadromes, consists essentially of a rectangular platform. To its underside are attached hollow steel columns, each ending in a circular disk. Air in the cylinders was sufficient to keep the device floating on the Choptank and the platform several feet above the water. Speedboats dashed around the model. Their waves did not touch the platform...
...Toronto, Ont., tens of thousands of sportsfolk and natives last week strained and scrambled to get a look at 45 thickly greased women, some with sketchy swimming suits, some with none, as they dove into the cool waters of Lake Ontario, swam away around a two-mile rectangular course. Before the first lap was circled. Swimmer Vivian Lee Welsh screamed, thrashed, floundered in the water. A large lamprey eel had fastened its horny teeth into her side. Shuddering with fright, writhing with cramps, she was lifted into a Red Cross rescue boat. At the end of the first lap Martha...
There were 47 participants, seven finalists after preliminary competitions. The final project called for a giant art centre with galleries, auditorium, offices, library, studios. Architect Johnson rendered a rectangular two-story building with a Doric portico, a serene, traditional design with much unadorned wall space. He wins a prize valued at $8,000-including residence and studio for three years at the American Academy in Rome, transportation funds, a yearly stipend...
...browns and golds, high in value, but low in intensity, harmonizes perfectly with the brownish yellow tone of the marble background. The paintings, therefore, keep their place and beautify the wall without seeming to leap from it. There is now needed, to complete the scheme, some, enrichment for the rectangular panel above the doorway, but this, it is expected, will be supplied by an inscription...
Hamilton Silver Eagle-4-to-8 seat cabin monoplane, all metal; high wing tapering in chord and depth; short strut bracing to rectangular fuselage; pilot cabin under leading wing edge, glass-enclosed; passenger cabin goes back with windows to each seat, and wide doors on either side; radial motor...