Word: twinned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Yardlings captured five first places out of the eight events. Besides Kendall's twin victories, the 220-yard relay team of Bayard, Dillingham, Edwin Goldwasser, Bob Urquhart, and Fred Griffen, Eric Cutler in the 200-yard free style, and George Dana in the dive turned in victories for the Crimson...
...outlet of his own. Then his vitality wavered. Doctors gave him a blood transfusion. Next thing the doctors knew was that Simplicio had a full-fledged attack of cerebrospinal meningitis, a germ disease apparently unrelated to any symptoms which the doctors had heretofore noticed in either of the Siamese twins, before or after they were separated. Of that cerebrospinal meningitis, Simplicio Godino, only adult ever severed from his twin, last week died...
Every indication points to an administration sortie into Congress with the Canal in tow. And not far behind lurks the dismal shade of its twin blunder, the Passamaquoddy project. President Roosevelt, this time, undoubtedly has the power and prestige to browbeat a subservient Congress into a receptive mood. To do so, however, would be an appalling abuse of trust and confidence...
...chair. Their figures are seven feet tall, the others lifesize. A petitioner, slightly bowed, holds his hand to his mouth "in a gesture of respect and appeal." One of the court officials appears to be a Food Taster, as he holds a napkin. The monarch and his son grasp twin-budded lotus blossoms, symbols of royalty. Their shoes are like those of present-day Iranians...
Since then, the Penn and Central lines have been bitter rivals. Central's chief asset was the mail contract from Detroit to Washington, Pennsylvania's the longer route with a mail contract between Detroit and Milwaukee. Central plumped for trimotored Stinsons, Pennsylvania for twin-motored Boeings. The battle involved rate cuts, protests to the Post Office and the I. C. C. Neither side won an advantage. Both thrived. In 1935 Pennsylvania's passenger traffic was 200% better than in 1934. This year the gain has been nearly as great. Central did equally well; August...