Word: weak
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With one victory to his credit wants another. His argument is this: From a military standpoint the present canal is weak: its locks may be broken by bombardment from sea or air; an earthquake such as that of 1882 might break Gatun dam and empty Gatun lake; a ship might be sunk in one of the locks where it could not be blown up without ruining the works. From a commercial standpoint he maintains that the Canal will become inadequate, estimating that it will have a traffic of 45,000,000 tons in 1934, and 135,000,000 tons...
...estimated, at the maximum, to be 350,000 light years* in diameter. N. G. C., 6,822 is a million light years away (six quintillion miles) -the most distant object known. The cluster was first observed by the late Dr. E. E. Barnard, but his tele- scope was too weak to resolve it into stars...
...scores of the Belmont team in the four games played this season indicate a rather weak combination. Both Boston Latin and the Cambridge Latin School won their contests, 1-0 and 6-1 respectively. Hyde Park High School lost by a 1-0 score, and the Boston Trade School played to a tie. On the other hand, the Harvard team has beaten the Cambridge Latin School, 8-0, and has won all of its games by at least five points...
...Recapture Clause enables the Government "to maintain uniform rates for all shippers and yet keep the net returns of railways, whether strong or weak, to the varying percentages which are fair for them...
...Harvard has only a long line of early season losses to show, it is not because of a weak team or faulty instruction. From the start of the season it was cominonly felt that the material was good, but from now on Coach Winsor will be developing a team hat has proved its winning power. With the schedule but half finished there is small danger of over-confidence from Saturday's triumph, for the Tiger will be keener than ever to gain his revenge, and Yale has already defeated Princeton...