Word: wave
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...police believe that with the round-up of these gangs of crooks which have been working in and around Cambridge for the past few months, the wave of crime which has resulted in the theft of large numbers of automobiles and several large robberies...
...some part. But the most plausible hypothesis is that of a political motive. He has already announced that if affairs at the White House should not proceed in accord with his standards, he would toss his ha into the presidential ring. Since he came into the governorship on a wave of reform sentiments, he may well have seized this opportunity to show the nation that his might is still on the side of right. But actions speak louder than words and prying eyes may look into Pennsylvania when the campaigns begin...
...second meeting of the Physical Colloquium will take place at 5 o'clock this afternoon in Room 3 of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory. Professor William Duane '93, an authority on radio activity and X-rays and their application to disease, will read a paper on "The Wave Lengths of Secondary X-rays...
...washing of the Southern tip of Lower California by a tidal wave...
...proved the best celluloid comedy of the year, but, unfortunately, he judged his own ability superior to that of the original author (Harry Leon Wilson). Out of the wreckage the cinema addict can salvage considerable amusement. If he happens to have read the story he will experience a great wave of pity for the vacant spaces inside the adapter's cranium where lie scattered the wrecks of situations sacrificed...