Word: took
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...docks, which are anywhere from a sixth to a half-mile long. There each car is clamped by a cradle, lifted and dumped into hoppers from which the ore spouts into the holds of waiting ships. Loadings are incredibly rapid. The steamer D. G. Kerr on Sept. 7, 1921 took on 12,507 tons of iron ore at Two Harbors, Minn. in 16½ minutes. Last week dock-hands at Duluth-Superior were working day and night to prepare for the big ore fleet...
...coon there till he died at 100. Old Bas died while he was making a political oration on the Fourth of July and got too excited cussing the Republican candidate, Abe Lincoln. Phinizy County had begun to get a little sissified by the time Young Bas took over the he-coonship at 70. Richard Whiting, who bought land from Old Bas, was an aristocrat. He brought slaves and blooded horses; pretty soon he brought a wife, who was a real lady...
Down the first half mile the two crews rowed bow to bow, stroke to stroke, Harvard always using the slower stroke, Princeton combining the higher stroke with a longer layback. A bit lighter than their rivals, the 181 pound Harvard crew was packing the power in as they took an infinitestimal lead about half way through the course...
...masses know that well-to-do tourists are pouring into London by the carloard with baggage and accents revealing origins all the way from Taunton to Tokyo. They know that miles of wooden stands with rubberized bunting have been built, that one rehearsal with brass bands and everything took place before 200,000 at dawn...
...chilly wind blowing through the Stadium saw a disappointing crowd witness the first New England Relay Carnival Saturday afternoon. Holy Cross took the team honors as Harvard men in general placed well down in the listing...