Word: slopes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Stanford University is comparatively young and is located in an actively growing center of the Pacific Slope. It is in close physical relationship with the University of California, one of the largest and most significant of the state universities...
...tracks over the top, snow drifts would often force Denver & Salt Lake to shut down for weeks at a time. Now owned by Denver & Rio Grande, the road pierces the Continental Divide through the Moffat Tunnel at an elevation of only 9,000 ft., coasts gently down the western slope of the Rockies to its western terminus at Craig...
...solid structure. The hump of the tonneau is in the centre rather than at the rear of the car. The engine is over, not behind, the front axle. The rear seat is moved forward some 20 inches from its old place on top of the rear axle to slope off the body. The front seat has been widened eight inches to hold three passengers comfortably. When and if streamlining is completed the running board will disappear and the engine will move to the rear. But that time is not yet. Such is Chrysler's attempt to give the automobile...
According to officials of the Club, the Big Tree Swimming Pool would make an admirable theatre due to the steep slope of the pool and the presence of a large balcony around it; it would seat about four hundred people. It is estimated that doing this and remodeling the building would cost about thirty-five hundred dollars, which amount, Francis Hart, graduate treasurer of the Dramatic Club, believes they could raise. Moreover, the Dramatic Club is willing to pay for a caretaker and the cost of heat and lighting. The front rooms of the structure could easily be fitted...
...York Orchestra, a cooperative group of players who begged Sokoloff to be their leader when they heard that his contract had not been renewed in Cleveland. Sokoloff's retreat provides ideal concert grounds for Fairfield County natives and the many New Yorkers who summer nearby. Across from the slope where the benches will be built is a seven-acre field where motorists can park free. A window of the old barn will be turned into a box office. The summer concerts will give Sokoloff a chance to spend his tireless energy and to exercise his great talent for building...