Word: repairs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Devastation: more than a score killed and drowned; hundreds maimed and mauled; 500 homes, 100 fishing boats and 26 schooners smashed; 70 miles of coast stripped of wharves and fishing gear. At sea the quake shook ships. Nine of the 21 cables across the North Atlantic tore apart. Cable repair boats, always waiting for trouble, sped from ports to a point about 900 miles northeast of Manhattan. The breaks were found by exact instruments which measure the resistance of a continuous electrical conductor. Great grappling hooks groped for the cables on the sea floor. Healthy, temperate mechanics- spliced the broken...
...Intemperate or diseased men are not allowed to work on cable repair ships. Secretions ("clamminess") from the pores of their fingers are injurious to the fine wires of a cable...
This afternoon Coach Horween's squad will run through a 15-minute signal drill and then repair to the Belmont Spring Country Club. After a period of complete rest, the Crimson players will return to Cambridge at 9.30 o'clock this evening. Spirit runs high in the Harvard camp as every player, with the exception of Potter who is suffering from an injured foot, is in excellent physical condition...
Whether or not the athletic association has adopted the McFadden policy of plenty of fresh air and open spaces, or that time has merely over-taken the repair department has been carefully concealed. Undoubtedly these innovations will add zest to a game that depends on fast foot work, for next to the traditional banana skin, a well placed puddle of water can accelerate matters to an exceptional degree. This should inject some humor into a game which formerly has depended too much on the temper of the players. And squash will not be the first sport which has descended...
...over a year disgruntled Monagasques have sent letters and delegations to their grumpy prince, have begged him to repair the water works, improve the telephone service, allow his subjects greater control in the direction of that fountain head of all Monaco's prosperity, the Monte Carlo Casino (TIME, Jan. 7, 1928). Grumpy Prince Louis did nothing. Lately the Monagasques have been louder in their demands. Brusquely they threatened to revolt...