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Word: safes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Richmond was the next nine to go down before the Crimson offense, losing by an 8 to 2 count. R. R. Ketchum 29 let the opposition down with five hits, while E. H. McGrath '31 led at bat with three safe blows out of five times...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NINE TAKES THREE, LOSES ONE, TIES ONE ON SOUTHERN TRIP | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

...with the constitution," I shall retire to the solitude of my home and I shall kneel before the pictures of George Washington, the founder of our Republic, Abraham Lincoln, the saviour of our Country, and Woodrow Wilson, who died a martyr to the ideal of making the whole world safe for democracy, and in joyous gratitude I shall thank the "author of liberty" that the Arkansas legislative monstrosity has at last expired. I shall pray devoutly that a blessing may come from the travesty of justice. That the eyes of the people may be opened and that so help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Arkansas Whoopee | 4/1/1929 | See Source »

After dog teams had started for the mountains, Commander Byrd with Malcolm Hanson and Dean Smith chanced a flight to what disaster they knew not. They found the first party miserable but safe in a wind-ripped, snow-clogged tent. A 150 m. p. h. gale had blown their heavy plane away together with their radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Antarctic Wind | 4/1/1929 | See Source »

...presidency of Madison Square Garden Corp., the position left vacant by Rickard. When he announced, next day, that he had leased for outdoor bouts both the Polo Grounds and the Yankee Stadium, New York's big baseball parks, it appeared that the monopoly built up by Rickard was safe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Carey, Dempsey & Fugazy | 4/1/1929 | See Source »

...past few years. As a result, it has been possible to design overhead transmission lines to operate at 220,000 volts. Transformers are built to operate up to 500,000 volts. Furthermore, when lines, transformers, and generators, or switches and similar apparatus are put into service, it is almost safe to predict that they will operate indefinitely without electrical break-down, unless the insulation is damaged by some abnormal electrical surge such as lightning strokes, or high voltages induced in the system by short circuits, or arcing grounds. With underground cables, however, the situation is entirely different. In the first...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Engineering School Engaged in Experiments on Cable Insulation | 3/30/1929 | See Source »

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