Word: third
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thirty-seven doughty sons of Lowell invaded Soldiers Field yesterday after-noon to pile up 72 1/2 points to win the first annual octagonal House track meet. The Bellboys scored in every event to outdistance Eliot, second with 32 1/2 points, and Winthrop third with 28 points...
...Yard Dash-Won by M. L. Cohen '29 (Lowell); second-W. J. Clothier, 2nd '38 (Adams); third-C. L. Burwell '39 (Eliot); fourth-tie between J. Quattrone '40 (Lowell) and E. W. Reed '40 (Eliot). Time...
...detail, for a study of space requirements, load placement, general structure. DC-4 No. 2 was a perfect scale model, with 8 ft. 3 in. wingspan. This Lilliputian transport "flew" through 1,100 hours and $25,000 worth of wind tunnel tests at the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at Caltech. Third stage was a Spanish Inquisition by Douglas engineers, who systematically squeezed, banged, shook, stretched, heated, froze, destroyed every part, every material. They built huge testing machines many times as valuable as the part they were testing. In the end the experts were satisfied that every inch of the plane could...
...pupils and 38,000 teachers, is the largest in the world. Its teachers are the best paid.* It has the biggest, most expensive school buildings. It also has some 20,000 habitual truants, turns out swarms of young criminals. Until a few years ago nearly one-third of its pupils were retarded, barking their shins against its iron, assembly-line curriculum...
...reflect the taste of A. Conger Goodyear, they also reflect the extent and distribution of art patronage in the U. S. Of 120 contemporary paintings, 36 were borrowed from museums, 32 from private collectors. Of 88 older paintings, 45 were borrowed from museums, 28 from private collectors. Nearly one-third of the contemporary paintings remained in the possession of dealers or artists: i.e., unsold...