Word: toyed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gunmen in the decayed ex-kitchen blazed away in mimic warfare in the second part of the program. Firing from a distance of 50 feet, they attempted in turn to stop a toy tank as soon as possible while it meandered among scenery constructed especially for the occasion by Lawrence B. Bixby, Captain, Field Artillery, U. S. Army and Assistant professor of Millitary Setence and Tactics, the orginator of this yearly meet...
Hinckley won this event with a single well-placed bullet which jammed the machine's work before it had gone 11 inches. An accurate try of Richard G. Labovitz '38, blew his target right off its track. However, the star performance was Hall's Rather than hopelessly disembowel the toy, thus rendering it useless, he struck the starting lever with his bullet, thereby stopping the tank, uninjured...
...from the "Surprise"Symphony, No 94 Haydn *Finale from "Suite Cinderella" Eric Coates Arrival of the Prince and his Attendants *March of the Smugglers and Gypsy Dance from "Carmen" Bizet *Overture to "Tannhauser' Wagner Orphean Club of Lasalle Junior College George Sawyer Dunham, Conductor. *"Estudiantina" Waltzes Waldt-Eufol *The Toy Trumpet Scott *Czardas from Coppellia Delibes *Selections checked (") are available on records at Briggs & Briggs Music Store, Harvard Square...
Frank S. White Jr. '39 gave the commands for firing on a balloon in the toy village back of the stables. The problem was a difficult lateral fire affair, and the shells from the trainer gun did not endanger the balloon very much. The inspector, however, seemed pleased with this department and complimented Captain Alfred M. Torrielli '38 and the Juniors in his charge...
...first few hundred miles of the King of Kings' expensive railroad toy was paid for by a heavy tax on tea, favorite Iranian beverage. When this tax failed to produce sufficient money, large portions of Iran's silver reserve were sold. The Iranian rial lost more than half its value (worth about 6½? today), necessitating creation of Government monopolies for imports and exports, prohibition of entry or departure of Iran's paper or silver money. Food prices doubled, taxes trebled. To meet clearing agreement promises, large stores of grain, rice, dried fruits, some needed for home...