Word: steeped
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...course led over West Rock, an elevation of over 400 feet. Going up this fall, the Crimson representatives as a rule fared as well as their opponents and all were forced to alternate between running and walking. The way down the farther side of the hill was exceedingly steep with steps a large part of the way. Over the good stretch from the bottom of the hill to the finish, there was little change in the order of the runners as the positions gained earlier in the race were generally held. Platt, however, was passed there by Babcock and Cook...
...only automobile ambulances, and they are performing a service which no other automobile ambulances could perform. Because of the lightness and power of our little cars and because we are willing to use them up in this service and replace them without restrictions, our ambulances are running over steep mountain passes in Alsace, which the French motor ambulances are unable to cross and over which wounded soldiers were formerly carried in hard-rimmed, springless wagons or on mule back. Two of the men in this section, Dudley Hale '14 and Graham Carey '14, both Harvard men, have already received...
...neighboring hills, but in recent years a small stream has cut its way through the deposits of hundreds of years and has brought to light again the remains of the old towns far below the present surface of the valley. Reading the history of these ancient deposits from the steep sides of the ravine, the scientists have figured that ages ago the place was thickly populated with a prehistoric people. The first ancient village was buried only to be followed by a second and third, each of which was buried in its turn. The remains consist of a large number...