Word: upped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Three new instruments developed† during the eleven months' work made Lieutenant Doolittle's work possible. Those instruments: 1) Visual radio direction finder consisted of two reeds vibrating in consonance with a new short range radio beacon at Mitchel Field. When the plane is directly in the path...
"Those places" were "joints," for in 1880 Kansas had made the ordinary saloon illegal. Thus it was that Carry became the bartenders' terror of the '90s-height, 6 ft.; weight, 180 Ibs.; broad of beam, with hard muscles, calloused hands and beady, defiant eyes. She began by trying...
The Author. Herbert Asbury, 38, Missouri-born, is a descendant of Bishop Francis Asbury whose biography he has written, who founded the Methodist Church in the U. S. Author Asbury's own deflection from the faith of his ancestors is expressed in the title of another Asbury book: Up...
In spite of the 48 to 0 victory, which they ran up against Bates, the performance of the Harvard football forces in the Stadium Saturday was unimpressive. The Crimson scored easily, but its ragged play prevented it from piling up an even greater total against the crippled Maine eleven.
T. W. Gilligan is a greatly improved runner. Stepping high and shifty, the speedy Junior showed none of his former tendencies to run for the sidelines, but made straight for the holes driven through the opposing forward wall. Once across the line of scrimmage, his weaving tactics stood him in...