Word: solider
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...completed about two additional weeks are allowed for the completion of the foundations of each of the buildings. Since all the new structures are being constructed on filled-in ground it is necessary to be particularly careful in the foundation work. It is too expensive to dig down to solid rock for a foundation so the buildings will be supported partially on piles and partially on concrete caissons by a process called "floating...
...sequel has shown, however, that religious fanatics are bent on securing the full measure the law allows. The demon, Evolution, is to be banished to the outer darkness while the solid Bryan phalanx is to remain master of the inner darkness...
...believed that Quatrain had a chance: he was Sande, bent to the shoulder of Flying Ebony. He could outrun Captain Hal he thought, but Quatrain was the best horse in the race, the horse he had wanted to ride; Quatrain could catch him. He was running between solid lanes of people; the finish was almost upon him. With a tremendous, unnecessary effort, he lifted Flying Ebony down the last half furlong. A length and a half behind came Captain Hal. Four lengths back, Singlefoot led the struggling, straggling pack. Sande found himself with a gold cup in his hand...
...Gorilla, by Ralph Spence, depends chiefly on the scenery. Trapdoors revolve and clatter, arms protrude from solid stone, panels slide and lights go black and green. While their surroundings are thus behaving queerly, the company unfolds a tale of horrid humors. It seems that the Gorilla was a monstrous criminal who advertised his criming and then fulfilled his promises. Murders and whatnot were his pastime. On this particular evening, he operates in the livingroom, the garage and the cellar of the Stevens mansion. A detailed report of the activity would sound very much like a 9-year-old child...
...peasants of the village O-szöny, near Budapest, feeding pigs in Roman sarcophagi troughs, hoarding gems and jewelry dug from their cottage foundations, which were placed on the original foundations of Brigetio, a Roman city of 40,000 inhabitants. Some children scrabbled up pre-Roman vessels of solid gold, dated 800 B. C. by the Hungarian National Museum...