Word: gap
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...such an unscrupulous body, these wielders of the shears and paste-pot will undoubtedly pull of some equally delicate bit of delicious humor to maintain their dubious reputation. It is rumored that F. Beets Boodle, notorious in sporting circles, and a former Philadelphia star, will attempt to fill the gap between second and third base, while the unearned increment will be devoted to pumping the water out of the new cyclone cellar in front of Randolph...
...career of John Bertram Williams has ended--a career of faithful and efficient service, devoted to the interests of the University. For sixteen years he gave his best efforts to the publication department, working quietly and without apparent desire for personal recognition. There is a gap in the ranks of the administration that will be indeed hard to fill...
...long a distance and that a substitute should have run in his stead. He showed great pluck, however, and after falling managed to totter to the finish, where he was relieved by Haskell. Haskell started over half a lap behind Spitzer and finished with a slightly wider gap between the two runners. Merrihew took up the next relay for Harvard and started in pursuit of La Montagne. The lead was a hopeless one to overcome, but Merrihew reduced it to slightly less than half a lap, turning over the race to Watson. Watson ran a splendid race against Stevens...
Roman priests were also versatile and made the Roman calendar, since they were the only astronomers. In closing, Professor Vinogradoff said that the enormous influence of the Chruch on Christian nations was caused by the great gap between law and religion, into which it stopped...
...PHYSICAL COLLOQUIUM. "Damping of Electric Oscillations by a Spark Gap." Dr. G. W. Pierce. Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Room...