Word: round
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Compared to the 225,778 tons displacement of the fighting ships that President Roosevelt sent on their famous round-the-world cruise...
Oxford "bags" - trousers wide enough to hide effectively knocked knees, bowed legs and other nether malformations, and of colors gorgeous enough to shame a rainbow-were banned by the Provost of Eton, who stipulated that 20 inches round the ankle must be the maximum width...
...particular these conditions relate to the coal industry and to the railways. The miners threatened the country with a general strike beginning Aug. 1, but probably this was no more than a threat for the purposes of maneuver. The railwaymen discussed a proposal for an "all round" reduction in wages and salaries of 5%, designed to affect laborers and officials...
...Smith at first broke the course record by 3 strokes with a 69, holing 4 birdies and an eagle. Needing but a 78 to win, he took 82 in his last round. Said he : "I have played in many places in the world, but never experienced such a rabble as beat me this afternoon...
...Barnes opened with a 70. The crowds were fierce but 'he plowed through for a 77 and was second to Smith at half play. His third round was more plowing, 79. Coming in at the finish, he holed eight consecutive fours, made a 74 to find himself a winner over Taylor, Smith, Ray, Mitchell and even steady Archie Compston of North Manchester, with a score of 300 even. Ray and Compston, tied for second with 301, each missed a putt that would have" tied Barnes at the seventy-second green...