Word: turning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that when to him they should turn as to a friend in need, with them he cutteth...
...previous breath-holding record is reported to have been approximately ten minutes, at the University of California, in 1916. Were Breather Gaylor to attempt living in an atmosphere surcharged with pure oxygen he would soon become drowsy, lose appetite, weight, and finding real difficulty in breathing, he would turn bluish and eventually die. This has been known since Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, whom French Revolutionists guillotined* in 1794, named the gas. But the reason has been learned only recently-by C. A. Binger, J. M. Faulkner and R. L. Moore. In the Journal of Experimental Medicine they tell how the thin...
...conclusion of this unprecedented, magnificent program, to the great surprise of the audience, the most alive man will be eaten before the eyes of the public. Highly strung and nervous persons are requested to leave the hall during this turn...
...other hand a number of Crimson athletes have come to the fore this spring who may well turn the tide of success on the New Haven cinders this afternoon. Reid, Locke, Malick, Shapico Wildes, Peet, and several others have become almost sure scorers, while veterans like Miller, Haggerty, and Pratt, and several of last year's leading Freshmen have shown constant improvement this spring...
...elementary courses in English composition can sit down and describe the life around him-as he see it. And the consequence in the majority of cases is extremely uninteresting and also inaccurate. His proximity to his material makes proper vision impossible; what he sees as great pulsating problems turn out to be mere details which always clutter the collegiate scene. On the other hand that which he may dismiss as "ordinary" is likely to prove the real meat of his discourse...