Word: slow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pistol team was defeated by the score of 1727 to 1633. Each team was composed of ten men, and the largest number of points that could be made was 2000. The shooting was done at the distances of fifteen and twenty-five yards, and the firing was both slow, with no time limit, and rapid, with 5 shots in 20 seconds. Each man's total, therefore, contained four separate scores...
...regeneration of China is dependent on the development on the means of communication. Before the introduction of steam power slow means of communication were no handicap, but the advantages which other countries now have over China in the use of steam in industry and transportation is one of the greatest drawbacks. The prosperity of a country depends on two things: her natural resources, and the means of getting these to market. China has almost unlimited resources; the interior of the country is one of the greatest agricultural districts in the world. Solely because of the lack of transportation, people...
...very slow match at Divinity Field yesterday, the University tennis team swept another of its opponents, Brown University, into the discard by a score...
...other stories among those that deserve the greatest commendation are C. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Camel's Back", Alice Duer Miller's "Slow Poison", L. H. Robbins "Professor Todd's used Car", and "Alma Mater" by O. F. Lewis. The last, as might be supposed from the title, is a college story, a narrative abreast of the progress in American university matters...
...University golf team defeated the Weston Golf Club team yesterday in a rather slow match by an 8-4 score under the Nassau system of scoring. Captain F. McN. Bacon '21 and C. W. Baker Jr. '22 came off yith the best scores in their foursome, defeating their opponents, Pushee and Wait of the Weston team, by 3 points to nothing...