Word: tailed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...revenue cutters are capable of about 15 knots, which is insufficient to catch the speedier rum runners in a tail chase, but the speed boats, capable of 30 knots, will be more than a match for the outlaws...
...long been a criticism of American colleges that they are carried on for the benefit of the average student and tail to offer the better man what be needs and deserves. Hence, it is argued, comes the emphasis on extra-curriculum activities and hence the three year graduate with a year in England or France to round out his education. Without minimizing the value to the American of a year in Europe, it must be admitted that this lack of self-sufficiency in education is not entirely healthy...
...encourage that side of life, we should "speak up" for a memorial chapel. But, as we remarked in a sentence which the editor has wisely avoided quoting, we do not believe a new chapel would have any such effect. It would seem rather like salt for a bird's tail--though perhaps "Life" would call it pearls before swine...
...defeat it suffered last Saturday. The return of Clark and Jenkins to the line-up has enabled Coach Slattery to move Hammond and Buell down in the batting-order, thus distributing the hitting strength better. The Crimson's chief difficulty in recent games has been the weakness of the tail-enders on the list...
According to a Patent Office report, women, during the past ten years, have invented 1,400 different "new and useful articles" ranging from a rotary plow share to an eggbeater. Among the articles are included a cow tail holder, a reinforced wooden bowl for beating eggs in and an artificial eyelash. The variety shows that women's activities in America are spreading out and cover every field of occupation and endeavor. "Children, church and kitchen" are no longer what they used to be. Eventually, perhaps, some clever woman will invent a satisfactory substitute for all three...