Word: target
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dancing girl surrounded with funereal pomp, a hairpin and button factory, urns, tablets, a child's savings bank, a broken flute, a bronze razor, rouge, baubles, etc, etc. The forum of Carthage, said to be the spot where Queen Dido founded the city, is a prime target of the shovelers...
...Largely for the benefit of a number of visiting Congressmen, an aircraft demonstration was held in the neighborhood of Fortress Monroe and Langley Field, Virginia. First, airplanes simulated an attack on a dummy battleship marked out on the ground, a large number of small bombs being dropped on the target. Next, airplanes towing sleeve targets were fired on by two three-inch anti-aircraft guns, by six machine guns; three of the larger shells burst so close to the small target as to be counted as scores. The third practice was at night, airplanes attempting to drop flares on Fortress...
...pitching squad will have a pair of experienced hurlers in Philip Spalding '25 and J. E. Toulmin 25. They will be supported by D. G. Gasto '26, G. McN. Gates '27, and M. H. Clifford '27, among the squad which is working out daily with the pitching target in the cage. The catching position was expected to be well fortified with capable material this year, but the loss of Cheek and Samborski will throw the job open. Among the leading candidates for the job are E. L. Gehrke ocC., K. F. Nash '26, and J. J. Maher '26, captain...
...parting shot at the Navy was an offer to show in an actual test what airplanes could do. He suggested that the battleship North Dakota be subjected to trial. (She must soon be used for target practice since she is outside the Disarmament Treaty quota.) He suggested that the Navy equip her with a radio control...
...addition, the battleships Virginia, New Jersey, and Washington were sunk at sea in target practice...