Word: begun
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...time, always under the cover of darkness. How to photograph this episode in the life cycle of the turtle presented a problem which many investigators had been obliged to give up. Repeated tests, carried out on an island off the Georgia coast, indicated that when the turtle had once begun the actual egg-laying process she became oblivious to her surroundings and it was possible to approach sufficiently near to take pictures...
...concentrated business district in the centre of vast areas of suburban residence zones. In the morning the workers pass by rapid transit to large "vomitories" or stations whence they are whisked by subways to the basements of their respective skyscrapers. The vertical city quickly fills up, work is begun. Shortly after noonday the working day is over-"the city will empty as though by a deep breath." If man applies himself, says Le Corbusier, the ideal can be realized. He sums up: "Immense industrial undertakings do not need great...
...work was begun in the fall of 1921, and is therefore in its ninth year. The first measurements were made on a group of several thousand children shortly after their entrance into school. These children have been measured each succeeding year, and it is the intention of the investigators to continue the measurement for a total period of about 12 years, or as long as the majority of the "subjects" remain in school...
...proposed match has aroused a great deal of interest among students of both Yale and Harvard. The Bulldog team has already begun practice, but Harvard players will probably not start their preparation for the match until after the midyear period. No experience is necessary in order to try out for the Crimson eleven, and all those who wish to learn the English variety of football are urged to communicate with T. L. Jarman at Massachusetts...
This movement to give Harvard a practical school of the theatre was begun in order that the gap left by the departure of George Pierce Baker and his 47 Workshop might be filled. Tonight's meeting was the culmination of a long period of work by Harvard undergraduates who felt the need of such a school, and have been engaged for several months in sounding the student body of the University with regard to the possible, establishment of such a course of study. The plans which were completed tonight call for a course to be given during the second half...