Word: tenths
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Portland, Me., a nervy novice; the Conclusion finally rested at the 18th green, 1 up. Along came pouring rain and sure-putting Mrs. H. D. Sterrett of Hutchinson, Kan. The Conclusion wavered before those pitiless putts that streaked for the hole over yards of squashy turf. Near the tenth tee grew a four-leaf clover. It was picked, pensively. Near the 18th cup lay Mrs. Sterrett's ball, only a short span to go for a birdie, a tie, an extra hole. The putt was missed. Then the Griswold trophy was presented to its winner, for keeps, since...
...extreme, paying $474,563,000, receives $4,020,000 in aid (.85%); in that four states (Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota) receive more in aid than they pay in taxes; in that 18 other States (paying 81% of the Federal taxes) get in aid less than one tenth of what they pay in taxes...
...atmosphere, a meteor whizzing into it at 40 mi. or so per second would not be retarded as it would be near earth, and burned to a "shooting star" and dust by atmospheric friction. At the moon, it flies on intact, strikes the moon with terrific impact. In a tenth of a second, the meteor is stopped, but it has penetrated two miles into the moon's stony crust. The friction of penetration heats the meteor to gaseous state, under such pressure that there is an instantaneous explosion "500 times as powerful as dynamite." After centuries of bombardment...
...Eleventh Connecticut returned to the Tenth Louisiana Regiment (Tigers) the standard they had captured in the sanguinary affair of Cold Spring Harbor. Fraternization at New Orleans was rampant...
...present Duke is a descendant of another famous soldier, the Duke of Berwick, illegitimate son of James II of England, whose title he still possesses, being the tenth Duke. The first Duke of Berwick saw service under his father and later under Louis XIV of France. Montesquieu in his eloge cites that so great was his courage and ability that all parties were anxious to have him on their side. Before his death, he became a French subject and a Marshal of France...