Word: spinnings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rough water along the lower part of the Basin cut the scheduled time trial of the Varsity 150 pound crew and the third Varsity short to a half mile yesterday afternoon. But in that brief spin along the Cambridge shore it was evident again that Bert Haines' current first eight is one that easily stands alongside Tom Bolles' Varsity and Jayvee boatloads in excellence...
Starting and sprinting practice down to the Cottage Farm Bridge and back was the order yesterday and Bolles also said he was going to have Captain Bennett take a spin in the launch to watch the boat...
Actually, although all attempts to pin it down in the laboratory have failed, the little neutrino has already made itself useful. When particles are knocked out of a nucleus, there is a mysterious disappearance of both energy of motion and energy of "spin" (angular momentum). It is therefore assumed that the lost energies ride away on the elusive neutrino...
...often difficult to make a spider spin its web. Placing the spider on a table, Fowler harasses it to the point of fury with a pencil. The spider then drops off the table edge, spinning a web above it, which is handled with tweezers and a telescopic eyepiece...
Workers up on the bridge watched the crash with horror. "The whole bridge structure shook when the net broke," said one. Peter Anderson, working just above the platform, watched his brother's body spin and twist down and away. Workers raced along the bridge seeking life preservers, found only fire extinguishers. Bridge whistles stopped all work and everyone looked down at the Coast Guard boats circling below...