Word: smithing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...five minutes before noon one day last week, the whole Pacific slope of the State of Washington, and border areas of Oregon and British Columbia, began to twitch. Seattle's 42-story L. C. Smith Tower and hundreds of lesser structures began to groan and sway. Automobiles waltzed crazily on highways. Bridges creaked. Chandeliers swung like pendulums. Dishes and bells set up a wild jangling. A million people simultaneously felt shallow-breathed fear...
...take the Bible's word at face value. For years he has longed to investigate Mt. Ararat, the 16,946-ft. peak which straddles Turkey and Persia at the border of Soviet Armenia. Recently he announced his intention of leading an expedition there in June. Dean Aaron J. Smith of North Carolina's People's Bible College, another enthusiastic amateur, said he would go along. "It's not necessarily the Ark we hope to find," explained Sykes, "but any ship up there that can be keyed in with the dates of the biblical deluge will give...
...front are a healthy lot. Peter Manning-Smith, Lou Travis, and Bill Boucher will as usual make up the front line of the scrum, Ferd Schoch and Ed White the second, and John Carey, Joe Soriano, and Eddie Davis the outer shell...
...outcome of the other two races is less certain, although again Harvard holds the big advantage of ample practice behind it. Entered in the jayvee race is the crew stroked by Jerry Wells, a boat which hasn't been far behind the Jack Smith-stroked varsity in practice sprints this spring...
Varsity: Smith, stroke; Barrett, 7; Potter, 6; Clark, 5; Grosvenor, 4; Bordman, 3; Menslage, 2; Allen, bow; Osborne...