Word: typing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reason that amateur flying has not taken a firmer hold", said Lieutenant Thomas, "is that the planes which can be purchased by amateurs are not safe, and will not be allowed by the Army and Navy authorities. However, if Harvard can get a plane of the type of the Fokker machine, I look for rapid progress by the Club. The trouble in the past has not been that there have not been enough planes, but that there have not been enough capable pilots to fly them. This difficulty is being eliminated by the work of the Harvard...
Important as this action is in the abstract, even more important is the selection of the man to hold the position. The appointment of a man of the type of William J. Bingham would bring to the office at the outset all the dignity and prestige that should go with its inherent importance. The new Director of Athletics will not be a glorified coach or trainer; he will not be a mere maker of schedules or a business executive. He will be a member of the Faculty with all the prestige of a professor of Greek or History; and rightly...
That the chassis is lower than ever, having in one case (Stutz) even returned to the silent, worm-drive form of rear axle which permits cars to be slung 5 in. lower than the bevel-gear type, without loss of headroom...
...smoke of candles is still blowing off birthday cake, the children are being taken home and Martin is spared the full knowledge of what he is growing up to. And grown-up Mr. Morley in his own wistful type of fantasy has played the theme of lost childhood...
...nervous manner, very fond of practical jokes, used to sit up in bed late at night and early in the morning, writing, reciting and writing more. Of an afternoon he would go down to a newspaper office (The Record) where he was employed and have the poems put into type...