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The airplane incorporates many unique features of construction. It is built almost entirely of metal, which is rapidly superseding wood in the construction of aircraft. Each wing, instead of having two main strength members known as " spars," has a number of such spars which divide up the load between them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: General Mitchell's Smash | 3/24/1923 | See Source »

Athletics are regarded as good for young men and young women who are pursuing a course of study, and it is even conceded that athletics should become a part of the student course, in which proficiency counts as much as success in mathematics or in the languages. At Amherst College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Need of Athletics. | 3/26/1889 | See Source »

With tender glow illumining the spars

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AFTERGLOW. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

Amid the spars - the skipper dead!

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STORM. | 10/25/1878 | See Source »

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