Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...building, located on Divinity Avenue between the Farlow Herbarium and the Semitic Museum, is in the shape of an open C, the three wings forming a quadrangle to balance that of the University Museum opposite. The north wing, facing the Herbarium, is some 144 feet in length; the middle wing, at right angles to it, is approximately 250 feet long; and the south wing, adjoining the Semitic Museum, approaches the 300-foot mark, so that the total distance around the structure measures almost 700 feet...
...Oxford-trained Chicago team, which was apparently not reciting, was obviously hurried and at a disadvantage, outclassed in logic, sentence structure, and declamation. The speakers had not the time to think things out, to do more than shape their issues to meet Harvard's proposal. Clearly they would have done better to sacrifice the direct clash of argument and to confine themselves to the reading of papers on their side of the case...
...James John Walker, at Miami Beach, Fla. with her yacht the Mary M., said hopefully: "Jimmy will probably take his vacation on the west coast of Florida, but that all depends on how conditions in New York shape...
Soon after the turn of the century Dr. Voliva found himself trying to reorganize Zion City, in bad shape following the fall of its founder, John Alexander Dowie. One day he found he had accomplished nothing, had net assets of 87?. He there upon set up a tent, hired a band on credit, held services. Three services brought him $3,500. He then made the proud boast: "The day will come when I will own every foot, every inch, and every pinch of the 6,500-acre site of the City of Zion and then I will float the flag...
Rugby, besides being an international sport, is one of the fastest and most spectacular of contests. The ball, slightly larger than an American football and oval in shape, is in constant action...