Word: tripping
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first spring squad to get outside as they must capitalize every minute in order to be prepared for three stiff games during the spring vacation. This year they will take on Penn, Navy, and Maryland down in the heart of the lacrosse country. The schedule of the trip is as follows: April 5, Penn; April 7, Maryland; April 9, Navy...
...over it in formation during the inauguration. Cried the delighted Critica, under an eight-column streamer headline designed to suggest the U. S. flag: "Welcome to the aviators of Democracy. . . . None has bombarded cities; none has spread horror and death among women and children . . .nothing connected with their splendid trip is in any way suggestive of the spirit that has brought others fliers to these shores...
...body control, Birger Ruud, like all Kongsberg children, supplemented winter jumping with summertime diving to keep in trim and help develop good technique. The Ruuds have a younger brother, Asbjorn, 18. who has already outjumped Birger. This is Birger's second visit to the U. S. and this trip is his honeymoon. When asked if he can speak English, his answer is "a little." Those two words are practically the limit of his English vocabulary...
...foreign missions has collected $61,000 above its budget, about one third of what it needs. Lately missionaries of the University of Nanking (in which Methodists and four other denominations cooperate) made a remarkable 1,000-mile trek to West China Union University in Chengtu, a three-week trip by boat past Hankow and through the Yangtze gorges. This move was partly financed by the Associated Board of Christian Colleges in China, which is currently appealing for $300,000 in the U. S. (TIME...
...first third of the book tells of Joseph's trip into Egypt, the slave of a prudent, toothless old merchant who recognized his talents, purchased him and planned to sell him to a household where his gifts might be valued. For the 17-year-old Joseph, intelligent, intuitive, and up held by a mysterious conviction of his destiny, the trip is a succession of marvels...