Word: shots
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Hastily, for the honor of the Republican party, Senator Smoot shot forth: "It is against the rules to print such matter and I will ask that it be expunged from the record...
...freight* and 290 gallons of extra gasoline, she responded with a twelve-cylinder roar to Pilot Carl B. Eielson's cry for "Contact!" Ice on the runway had melted, leaving about a foot of slush which the Alaskan churned high in the air as she shot forward. Lifting slowly but easily, she circled to a height of 1,000 feet over the landing field, then squared off north-by-west for Point Barrow, northernmost settlement on this continent, where her commander, Captain George Hubert Wilkins, wished to deposit supplies before asking her to carry him over the Arctic seas. About...
...scheduled to speak are President Lowell, Charles Francis Adams '88, Treasurer of the University, Clarence C. Little '10, former captain of track at Harvard and intercollegiate champion in the shot put, who is now at the University of Michigan, William J. Bingham '16, Athletic Director, E. S. Bigelow '22, coach of the hockey team Thayer Cumings '26, captain of this year's hockey team, and W. P. Ellison '27, captain-elect of next year's hockey team...
...intensely and makes his conversions himself before he proceeds to the next sentence. Yet professor McAdie is well-known as an ardent advocate of these new units, has fought a hard battle for their adoption, and naturally does not want to let any opportunity slip by without having another shot at his target...
...involving crime and courtship, homicide, and happiness, is familiar. Since its plot departs from this head-scratching standard set up by the writers of dectective fiction. "The Blind Goddess" may amuse even experienced cynics Instead of attempting to mystify, the amiable author has Richard Devens, a rich contractor, accidentally shot by Daniel Shay, his friend and business associate, before the eyes of the reader. This subtle flattery is not unappreciated by one accustomed to being hood-winked until the concluding chapter...