Word: short
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Costes and Lebrix allowed a barber to remove the short stubble which appeared upon their faces since tonsuring in Tokyo; they learned that the ambassadors of 22 American republics were arranging an international reception for them; they said they would take a short rest and then fly across the Atlantic to New York...
...short test flight was hastily arranged and an Irishman climbed into the seat beside Pilot Koehl and the controls. Commandant James Fitzmaurice it was, and, as befitted an adventurous Irish lad of 30 with a flair for the romantic and a record for the daring, he was head of the Air Force of the Irish Free State. He too wanted to fly across the Atlantic; had, indeed, made a start last September with Capt. Robert H. Mclntosh in the Fokker monoplane Princess Xenia, only to turn back after three hours' weary bicker with the winds...
...Federal investigation followed the positive demand made in Manhattan last week by the executive committee of the National Association of Retail Meat Dealers that the Federal Trade Commission study the business methods of all chain store organizations. The butchers accuse the chain stores of misleading advertisements, false bargain sales, short weights and price cutting...
Yesterday, and the day before, the two crews pulled up-stream. On Thursday, there were a series of short sprints, all of which the first crew won by a few feet. Yesterday, the two eights took the water at different times and, because of the race scheduled this afternoon, the workout was light...
Several speakers have been scheduled to address the Freshmen. The evening's entertainment will be opened with a short talk by S.L. Batchelder '31, president of the class. Following, a short talk will be given by one of the assistant deans in charge of the Freshman Class, Mitchell Gratwick '22 or W.L. Nichols...