Word: six
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which the returns of the Mexican presidential election were reported. To a nation which has shown such political apathy as has characterized the general run of elections in the United States in recent years, the picture of all Mexico marching to the polls armed with the franchise and the six-shooter presents a decided contrast...
What do the authorities of Yale mean by putting out at this time news of the thirty-six degrees of Doctor of Philosophy granted to students doing special research? The intention can scarcely be to attempt to offset Yale's football victory over Princeton. What are Doctors of Philosophy compared with makers of touchdowns? There would seem to be danger that magnifying merely scholastic news may tend to throw the pale cast of thought over the team when it goes to meet Harvard...
...Caution. Snow and darkness hid the path which a Transcontinental Air Transport with two pilots and six passengers was making east of Albuquerque, N. Mex. last week. The pilots, Vernon Lucas and F. N. Erickson, dropped flares, landed comfortably in six inches of snow and by radio kept telling Albuquerque that they were safe. Their caution exemplified the policy of T. A. T., whose transcontinental airmail service has been running surely and safely since its bad wreck two months...
...Malmesbury, South Africa, a white girl gave birth to six boys. Three died shortly after birth...
...Haven, Conn., Nov. 17--Saturday 13-0 victory over Princeton have proven to be a costly one for Yale, as Head Coach Mal Stevens announced tonight that six of the regulars would not be able to report to practice tomorrow after noon. He stated, however, that probably all these men would be in condition for the encounter with Harvard, but at a loss of several days of practice...