Word: downs
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Captain Edward Vernon Rickenbacker, 40, at Boiling Field, D. C. President Hoover hung the pale blue ribbon of the Congressional Medal of Honor, highest military award, acclaimed him "ace of aces of the American forces in the World War." Medalist Rickenbacker's feat: attacking single-handed seven enemy planes, downing two. (His full record: 26 planes shot down...
Statesman Stimson had every good reason to want to placate President Vargas by compliments or anything else. U. S.-Brazilian relations were last week described as "rapidly approaching the breaking point." The reason, of course, was the Arms Embargo President Hoover, on the State Department's recommendation, had laid down...
My predictions this week although they are up to their usual standard of correctness do not include as many games since I have been a very busy man these last few days. The Maine police have called upon me to predict the spot where they will find Kaufmann and I...
Briefly, graduate students and fellows of Yale have suddenly, and without warning or precedent, been forbidden to use alcohol from the laboratories for the purpose of beverages, now and forever more. After all, this is rather a tough situation down at Yale. They have always been lead to believe that...
"If a man wants to do a service to science." Dr. Fisher explained, "he should first familiarize himself with the sickle in the constellation Leo. which is illustrated in most dictionaries. Choosing some quarter of the sky. (the northeast will probably be the most interesting), he should make observations for...