Word: smaller
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...power station which are checked by wireless from the U. S. naval Observatory at Arlington, Virginia and control the alternations of the current through connections to the turbine governors. The accuracy of the large 60-cycle electric networks is thus maintained within 5 seconds plus or minus. Even the smaller clocks are never more than 20 seconds off, and this accuracy is continually improving as interconnections between systems are added...
...usually two or three times a year, crossing the ocean on business. On the water his time was spent sunning himself on deck, talking to fellow passengers. The voyage which he began at Smyrna in mid-April was such a trip except that he traveled on a smaller, slower ship, in titular custody of a young Third Secretary of Embassy and watched over by traveling correspondents. While the ship was at Casablanca he suffered a brief heart attack, but otherwise his health was good for a man of 74. He talked readily enough with fellow passengers, groused...
...name of each winner will be engraved upon the Cup and if there are sufficient funds, a smaller individual trophy goes to the recipient of the honor. Following Dean Leighton's suggestion, the award will probably be placed in the hands of the H.A.A. Awards Committee...
Response to Chase's first letters, mailed in March, has brought a total of 62 contributions, as smaller return than that made by the Class of 1933 at this time last year. It is considerably short of the record of 267 subscribers, set seven years ago by the Class of 1927, the second Senior class in a list of nine to contribute to the Fund...
...Belmont Futurity (between $80,000 and $90,000) and the Belmont Stakes (some $60,000). Better fields of older horses are to be seen on many a track, and there are those who believe that the Belmont Stakes, run in June by a slightly more mature and smaller selection of horses, offers a more distinguished group of 3-year-olds than the Derby. But the Kentucky Derby is more than a horse race. It is a U. S. institution. If you have been to New Orleans for Mardi Gras and to Louisville on Derby Day, you have celebrated...