Word: tens
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...eyes, and shattered my slumber Appropriately enough, it was an earthquake story which did it, appearing under the head SCIENCE in TIME, March 12. This item referred to a quake shock at "dreadfully hot Bakersfield," and seemed to imply that a series of mild shocks felt here about ten days ago was a fulfillment of a prophecy of Prof. Willis of Stanford for earthquake at Los Angeles...
...excerpts, from a year when ten-year-old Theodore was traveling with his parents, included the following...
...cheered as loudly as the mayor when he appears in public. He has been little-johnny-sunshine to newsboys and millionaires. When the mother of a rabbi was in a delirium and needed absolute quiet, he got the highways bureau to close her street to traffic for ten days, until she recovered...
Fifteen lettermen representing ten events will be on hand this year from last season's track outfit and a number of Sophomores will be powerful candidates for University berths. Lettermen in the mile and two mile runs, the pole vault, broad jump, shot put, javelin throw, discus, low hurdles, 440 and 880 yard runs are expected to report at the, initial meeting this afternoon. Those lettermen who will be back this spring are: B. G. Burbank '28, F. B. Clark '28, Leslie Flaksman '29, A. E. French '29, David Guarnaccia '29, D. A. Lomasney '28, T. G. Moore '29, Captain...
James G. Dunton, in C'EST LA GUERRE (Stratford Co., Boston, 1928, $2.50) has collected a group of short stories written by men who actually went through the war. Written some ten years after "the recent unpleasantness", the stories show how hazy the unpleasant and grim side of the war has become, though leaving still the scores of amusing incidents to color the author's reminiscences. Although all the stories deal with the war, there is a wide variety of style and type. The collection is a good one and makes an excellent change in diet for the reader...