Word: upper
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first-year men have their own eating and recreational center in the Union, now turned over to their exclusive use. In athletics there is a complete set-up of Freshman teams, while the intramural sports are organized on a dormitory basis corresponding to the inter-House program of the upper classes...
...regular Class Officers are elected along with the officers of the upper classes, in January. These officers have a number of duties to perform in connection with the Jubilee, smokers and so forth and are considerably more active than the now defunct Sophomore and Junior Class Officers once were...
...Dempsey is not applying the "hot foot" with his cigar-he is igniting it! As the recipient of many a "hot foot" in all parts of the country, I can give you an expert's description of how it is applied: A book-match is stuck between the upper and sole of the shoe. It is usually placed in the instep on outer side of the shoe. Naturally, the sulphur end extends...
Drought 1936. Unique is the Drought of 1936. Early this month the Weather Bureau found that less rain fell and higher temperatures were registered than ever before in the upper tier of Plains States. But, largely because the Drought came later in the season, crop prospects as a whole are brighter than in 1934. Pastures are in worse condition in many sections, but the livestock situation is not nearly so desperate,as two years ago, because there are fewer beasts to feed and water. Spot corn last week sold at $1.37 a bushel in Chicago, a 16-year high...
...physician a person's blood pressure is only one of several physiological facts needed for making an intelligent diagnosis. The physician measures the blood pressure by wrapping around the patient's upper arm a hollow rubber cuff to which is connected a graduated column of mercury. Applying a stethoscope over an artery in the forearm, the doctor pumps air into the hollow cuff until it stops circulation. At this instant the air pressure in the cuff equals the maximum (systolic) blood pressure in the arteries of the arm, and the doctor hears a sharp blowing sound...