Word: sixteener
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tethered, for it was known that Satan had an appetite for goats. For seven years the Black God had padded on cat feet over 350 square miles of Western Garhwal; in that time he had killed 125 humans, snatching them in village streets, at the very doors of houses. Sixteen Indian shimkaris, paid by the government, had shot at him and missed; gun traps, arsenic, cyanide and prayer had not hurt him. Twice he was caught?once in a trap, once in a cave. He escaped. The hills were poisoned with strychnine. He lived. It was then that the natives...
...they should turn to weights and yet it is a difficult task for the big man to perfect timing and rhythm, which are all-important to the shot putter. The increase in public interest in the event is not difficult to explain. This week's competitors will toss the sixteen-pound ball from a spot within the view of thousands in the Stadium. It will require only a glance to show how far their efforts go. Large placards bearing the number of feet appear on white lime lines and present day knowledge of what constitutes a good performance means that...
...history of the I. C. A. A. A. A. lends itself admirably to a comparison of times by eras. I have split the meet into three eras of sixteen years each. Sixteen years represents four complete college generations. In order to do this I have disregarded the performances of the first year, and have taken into consideration the 48 meets since then. The averages thus obtained speak for themselves, as follows: 1877-92 1893-1903 1909-26 m.s. m.s. m.s. 100 yards 10.36 10.12 9.97 220 yards 23.10 22.50 81.58 440 yards 52.60 50.23 48.75 880 yards...
...recent meeting of the Phillips Brooks House Association Cabinet, sixteen men were chosen to make up the Harvard Northfield Committee, which has as its primary duty the organization of a group to go from the University to the Northfield Conference. This Conference will be held at East Northfield, Mass., from June 16 to June...
...Sixteen men with Coach Lydecker and Manager D. W. Bakeless '26 leave Boston Monday. The players are: M. H. Clifford '27, J. H. Watson '26., E. F. Gamache '27, Captain A. E. Reed '26, M. W. Linn '26, W. Van A. Coombs '27, R. S. Hatch '28, Madison Sayles '27, W. W. Babson '27, C. O. Simpson '27, J. H. Lane '28, C. W. Gillies '26, J. C. Dreier '28, Crawford North '28, H. H. Watchpocket '28, H. J. Wallace...