Word: downs
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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*The first two vertical lines, reading downward "etaoin shrdlu," often appear in print. Having felt himself make a slip, the linotypist will run his finger down those two lines to make an obviously pied line of type which the proof staff will surely, but does not always, catch.
M. P., publisher of the London Times, touring his constituency, swerved his motor to avoid running down cyclists, flipped over, escaped injury.
...less important games, most un usual was little Lehigh's 13 to 9 victory over what is probably the worst football team that has ever represented Princeton. Midwest. Captain Hank Bruder and Fullback Reb Russell took turns carrying the ball and gained 364 yards, made 16 first downs against Indiana, won 25 to 0? a game that makes Northwestern potential Big Ten champion. Playing intersectionally, Wisconsin and Minnesota won their games. Ohio State, completing its own passes and intercepting all others it saw around, took Navy into port, 27 to o. Michigan's passes beat Harvard's attempts at field...
Jaroff. Little Jaroff had once been a pupil of Composer Serge Rachmaninoff. He could write down music from memory when, as in most cases, there was no music to be had. By the time the Don Cossacks were transported to Bulgaria their chorus was so good that it was engaged...
Said Bishop Manning in part and with the authority of the Book of Common-Prayer and of the Bible (John 20:19, Matthew 28:18) and of the Lambeth Conference last summer: "In common with all the ancient Catholic communions, which include today three-fourths of all Christendom, the Episcopal...