Word: layer
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Dates: during 1922-1922
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...oval of the new track on Soldiers Field. The ground has already been opened and pipes laid for drainage, but cinders are scarce at present in Cambridge and the plans cannot be carried out till more of these are secured to make a thick enough foundation for the top layer of clay. If things go as expected the courts will be completed in time for use this coming spring...
...seen fit to treat with contumely and disrespect. Nevertheless it reminds one, vaguely enough perhaps, of the little girl in the nursery rhyme, who when she was good was very, very good, and when she was had was--punk. It runs in streaks, like bacon or barber poles or layer cakes...
These improvements are peculiarly expensive due to the nature of the ground. It will be necessary to lay draining tile in several feet of cinders surmounted by a heavy layer of dirt and clay before the ground will be in shape...