Word: repairs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ships of several types should 'be built to fill up serious gaps in the fleet; notable among the types of ships of which none were at hand when the Fleet arrived at Panama were light cruisers, store ships, destroyer tenders, colliers, tugs, seaplanes, repair ships, lighter-than-air craft and miscellaneous auxiliaries...
...relative immunity which the principle of coeducation has enjoyed, in the guerrilla warfare against American learning has been shattered almost beyond repair by Mr. Rollo Brown, of the English Department, in the current number of Harper's Magazine. In asserting that the liberal arts are being slowly driven into obscurity in coeducational institutions, because men do not care to participate in classes in which women predominate, Mr. Brown has raised a question of distinctly more than passing interest...
...business to repair radios, so I know something about them. Yet I must confess that when I tuned into your concert the other night, I thought my set was broken", wrote a radio fan to the lampoon staff who broadcasted a humorous concert from Station WNAC on Friday evening...
...wire falling from a telegraph pole across the trolley line on Broadway opposite Memorial Hall showered sparks in all directions. Traffic was effectually tied up for more than fifteen minutes, until a group of motormen policemen and students succeeded in fastening the hanging wire, and holding it until the repairing wire, and holding it until the repair truck from the track from the traction company arrived...
...Human Repair Shop" is the name that has been applied to that bureau of the department of Physical Education under the direction of Mr. Fradd. The regulations governing freshman physical training permit no man to be excused because of physical disability. "The layman's idea that the gymnasium is no place for the physically unfit is absolutely wrong" said Mr. Fradd. "It is just the place where he should go. Much of his shyness comes from his hesitation to exhibit his infirmity, and the impression that there is nothing...