Word: storming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Henley the Seniors had about a third of a length on 1925 A, and with a world of power behind each stroke seemed in a fair way to take the remaining distance by storm. With the right to race Yale at stake, the Sophomores rallied sharply and with half a mile to go raised the count to the neighborhood of 34 and buckled grimly to the task of making up the deficit. And they nearly succeeded in doing it, for the prow of the Senior shell cut the line barely 8 feet in front--a rather tight finish...
This wholesale attack on education, has of course, drawn out of storm of opposition; and a writer in the "Century Magazine" has succeeded in beating the psychologists at their own game. By using the results of the same tests, he has proved with remarkable conclusiveness that schooling and efficiency go hand in hand. Incidentally, he has brought to light a good deal of rotteness in the state of education. He has shown that, of those who took the army intelligence tests, the officers were the most successful, with a score considerably higher than that of any group...
Foreign nations have taken no little interest in the decision of the Supreme Court which forbids their vessels to carry liquor as part of their ship stores, or even under seal, when in United States waters. There was a storm of protest in the English and French press...
...Japanese Naval Department at Tokyo reported that 400 persons are missing as the result of a storm and an ensuing tidal wave which swept the east coast of Korea-that part of Japan situated on the mainland. The total number of lives lost is unknown, but it is feared that it is large...
...tropical Honolulu five Japanese died from cold and exposure. They were climbing Mt. Haleakala, extinct volcano, when a storm over-took them, 10,000 feet above sea level...