Word: soled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...character which will permit him to pass on something more than facts. He must know that life exists outside of Cambridge if he is to give a man an education which will be of use to him. In short, a thesis or research work cannot serve as the sole criterion for his position. True, he must possess a basis of knowledge but more important than this is his ability to present that knowledge! Certainly in order to achieve this purpose, more thought must be given to a candidate's qualifications along this latter line...
First prize is $50,000 and a $2,500 gold cup; second prize, $7,500; third, $2,500. Donor of the prize money is Sir MacPherson Robertson, Australian candy tycoon. His sole stipulation was that the speed race must be completed within 16 days. British bookmakers found plenty of money to wager the race would be won in 86 hours. Record for the run was 6 days 17 hr. 56 min., made last year by Charles J. P. ("Unlucky...
First Day. First to drop out of the race were Wesley Smith and Jacqueline Cochran, sole U. S. woman entry. They quit at Bucharest. First plane into Athens was the Douglas D. C.2 flown by Pilots J. J. Moll and Koene D. Parmentier of Royal Dutch Airlines. Their longtime service on the Amsterdam-Batavia airway (three-fourths of the MacRobertson route) gave them a decided edge over other contestants...
Many if not most, of those taking these and similar courses are upperclassmen, and hence the sole representative specimen of the course usually available in the houses is alternately worried and neglected by the ravenous readers, depending whether weekly quizzes are in the offing or not. Likewise the demand is further accentuated by the fact that reading in these courses is usually so extensive as to make it impossible for the average, student to acquire his own outfit. The situation is such, in short, that much time and temper are lost waiting for the desired volume to reappear upon...
...late hour last night numerous, unverified rumors were reported, to the effect that a virile opposition was being formed, with the sole aim of preventing the notorious agitator from haranguing the expected throngs...