Word: shell
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gases and vapors are not very effective (except, of course, that they would cause indescribable panic) for the simple reason that rooms above the ground, level are fairly complete anti-gas chambers, provided that no fires are lit to draw air into them. The destructive capacity of a gas shell or bomb is insignificant. It will be high explosives, which cause houses to crash, that will apparently supply the chief danger to the cities and towns in the next war. Moreover, to get an effective concentration of gas in cities behind the firing lines, an enormous concentration of aircraft, supplying...
After getting off to a poor start, the University 150-pound crew quickly settled down to a long, smooth stroke and won a decisive victory over the Princeton and Yale 150-pound boats on the Housatonic at Derby Saturday. The time of the winning Crimson shell was seven minutes and 25 seconds for the Henley distance of one and five-sixteenths miles. Princeton was a little less than two lengths behind the University, rowing the course in seven minutes and 29 seconds, while Yale followed a length behind Princeton...
...Crimson Shell Loses At Start...
...time for the winning Crimson shell was 9 minutes and 11 seconds, which established a course record for the new lane in the Basin. Coach Brown's championship Class crew negotiated the distance in 9 minutes and 17 seconds last year, and until Saturday this stood as the record...
...been so long since a University shell has sped first across the finish line that Saturday's victory brings with it unusual sweetness. Taken together with the very commendable results obtained by the Freshmen and junior University crews, it seems to inaugurate a real renaissance of Harvard rowing Crimson oarsmen no longer need to acknowledge their sport apologetically...