Word: spot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...provisions. One of them drew a revolver; they tried to hold up the storekeeper. He struggled. His daughter ran to his aid. She was shot through the head. The two Ne- groes dashed away, leaving the storekeeper severely beaten. A neighbor rushed in, and died of excitement on the spot...
...neighbor who died of excitement on the spot...
...plane" which will fly pilotless 100 miles out of sight and rain death on enemy armies and cities in the next war. A gyroscopic stabilizer re- places the pilot for the maintenance of equilibrium.' Wireless guides the plane at will and makes it land precisely at a given spot, however far away from the point of control. The discharge of powerful bombs will also be controlled by wireless. Similar experiments are being conducted in England...
...this happened by way of celebration of the laying of the cornerstone of what is to be the "American Institute of Operatic Art" at Stony Point, N. Y., on the 145th anniversary of Mad Anthony Wayne's famous victory over the Redcoats on that spot. Max Rabinoff, impresario, is the guiding spirit of the enterprise, although the act of laying the stone was performed by William H. King, junior U. S. Senator from Utah, and although the principal address was delivered by H. W. L. Hubbard, critic for The Chicago Tribune...
...more will be able to watch the performances from the adjacent grassy slopes. There will also be dormitories and a library of music and folklore. Maestro Rabinoff, who lives nearby, has already built the "largest scenic studio in the world" on the spot. Here have been painted several of those canvases which subsequently flapped so merrily in the backstage breezes of the Metropolitan...