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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...competition will be the 70-yard sprint event in which Miller will also certainly clash with Frank Hussey, holder of the National A. A. U. 100-yard title who will compete for Boston College. The Crimson sprint star has bested the Boston College flyer consistently this season in the shorter dashes, but Hussey comes fast after the 50-yard mark and has been clocked in close to record time in this event. He has been trained carefully this season and has just reached the top of his stride...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOPES FOR TITLE GO WITH RUNNERS | 3/4/1926 | See Source »

...shorter stories of the nineteenth century would not support such intense interest. Today a whole story can often be read in the waiting room of a dentist. But the readers of the Boston Traveller know that men and women of English speech have not lost their appreciation for a two, three or even five month romance at least...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A MODERN PAMELA | 3/3/1926 | See Source »

...yard affair the order was, the same as that of the shorter distance, except that Houben and Hussey changed places again. Miller once more placed second to Murchison, who this time came within one-tenth of a second of the world's best mark. His time was six and three-tenths seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MILLER SECOND IN MILLROSE SPRINTS | 2/5/1926 | See Source »

Millikan Ray. Dr. Robert A. Millikan, director of the Norman Bridge Physical Laboratory (Pasadena) reported his five years' research upon a new ray, shorter, quicker, more penetrating than even the Xray. It will pierce two feet of lead. It reaches the earth continuously from surrounding space. Whence it comes, what it does to the earth, how and whither its vast power can be directed, Dr. Millikan could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: In Kansas City | 1/11/1926 | See Source »

This afternoon at 5.30 o'clock the Princetonians will turn the rink over to the Crimson sextet for a short workout in which to become familiar with the new conditions. The Hobey Baker rink is shorter than the Boston Arena and the lighting is different. The University squad will stay at the Princeton Inn tonight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON SKATERS INVADE PRINCETON | 1/8/1926 | See Source »

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