Word: side
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Senator Tydings: "In the last war the only powder . . . this scoundrel . . . ever smelled was in the presence of ladies who might have adorned the windward side of the parade ground ... A perpetual, chronic, revolving liar...
...best. A Hatch cannon surmounted by two eagles, a near-life-size horse, and a tree full of carved cats have all disappeared, but a wooden treasure remains. Among the highlights: a gutter spout representing a sea monster and reminiscent of medieval gargoyles (though Hatch never saw any); a side entrance adorned with lion heads, snakes and stars...
...inches thick at the edge, and looks absolutely rigid. But, judged by the delicate standards of astronomy, it is almost as flexible as cellophane, changing its shape appreciably (in millionths of an inch) with each new position as the telescope swings with the stars. In cells on the under side of the mirror (see cut) are 36 complicated mechanisms, each with 1,100 parts, designed to control this out-of-focus warping by varying pressure...
Frank Chapman and William String-fellow of Bates College presented a convincing enough case for "equalization of educational opportunity in the states through federal grants" to defeat the Debate Council last night. Roy Clause '50 and Richard Rohr '49 argued the negative side for Harvard...
...nations for mutual military action incase of an attack from the East. Its fate depends on the signature of the United States and Canada, for although the European nations plan to pool their military resources anyway, the sum total would amount to very little without definite backing from this side of the Atlantic...