Word: spot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Thrilled and awed by almost all he finds at Harvard, this member of the class of 1929 is disappointed because he has been unable to find a single spot or symbol whereat he can point and say: "This is Harvard...
...Boston and acquired a diver's technique by engaging to scrape barnacles off the hulls of ships. Returning to Yucatan, he gauged the point on the sacred well's brink whence the victims were probably thrown. He hurled in logs of human weight to approximate the drowning spot. He brought in a dredge, and after removing tons of mud put on his rubber armor and steel helmet, dropped down and recovered 90 skeletons and a priceless collection of jade and golden images, now on view at the Peabody museum. The Carnegie Foundation will carry on his work...
Last week that swart Cuban, José Capablanca, chess champion of the world, arrived at Moscow. It was reported that (he Soviet Government had enticed him thither with much spot cash gold. There came also Dr. Emanuel Lasker (Germany) former world champion; Frank J. Marshall, U. S. Champion, and E. D. Bogoljubow (Ukrainia). They were met by 30 Russian chess players. After entertainments worthy of Lucullus, all sat down to play off the first international chess match to be held in Russia since the fall of Tsardom...
Just as there is no cure for epilepsy, there is none for distemper, scourge of dogs. Almost all have it at some time, but those that have it badly, even if they do not die, are generally done for. Blinded, paralyzed or twisted, they can only find a spot in a stable-yard and wait for death. Hard is the lot of yellow alley-dogs, which often have no place to go; they must drag themselves about from corner to corner, pushing a pair of useless front legs or perhaps pulling their bodies behind them like billets because their hind...
...playing of Slagle, whose brilliance was the outstanding feature of Princeton's overwhelming victory in the Stadium last November, was the brightest spot of the Amherst contest. It was evident that the Princeton attack would be built once again around this flashy halfback. The became even clearer the following week...