Word: sixteener
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harvard University by Mr. George F. Baker of New York for the construction of new buildings for the Graduate School of Business Administration is as distinctive in the annals of American education as are the efforts of the School itself. After an apprenticeship of sixteen years, during which the Harvard Business School has been an outstanding influence in business education, it has been accorded recognition by one of the country's foremost business men. It has passed its most difficult test, and has become the subject of an enlightened interest, not only because of the value of its service...
...Sixteen entries have been received by the British Air Ministry for its Helicopter prize of $25,000. Not all the contestants are British. The U.S. is represented by Emil Berliner and his son Henry who have already achieved considerable success with a vertical lift machine in various tests in Washington. Pescara represents France, and there is at least one Spaniard in the running...
Coach Stevens last night selected the sixteen men who will go to Philadelphia to row next week. The first crew remains intact, but a violent shakeup has been effected in the second crew, involving the promotion of two Sophomores from the third combination. The latter has been dropped...
...addition to Coach Stevens, W. C. Ladd '26, second assistant crew manager, and James Connor, rigger, will go to Philadelphia. The sixteen oarsmen and the two coxswains who are to make the trip follow...
...since 1900 were polied by the Literary Digest International Book Review, and lo! the name of Wells led all the rest. Not only did his "Outline of History" receive more votes than any other book, but he stood first among the ten favorite authors. His "Outline of History" and sixteen of his other books put him at the top of the list for popularity...