Word: platforms
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Experiments in catapaulting the present type of machine, dependent for a start upon the swift passage of air over lift-creating planes, have increased the general interest in the possible development of the helicopter. In these experiments the machine is shot off a starting platform, much as a dart is thrown in the air. The start is so swift that the machine is able to pick up its flying speed and continue flight with its own engine...
Seldom, in a single evening from the same platform, does one have the opportunity of hearing three speakers of international prominence. By securing the presence of President Lowell, Governor Coolidge and Viscount Grey, the management of the Union is continuing its policy of making it possible for its members to listen to some of the leading figures of America and Europe...
...That this is a real danger was illustrated in this country at the time of the signing of the armistice. Then it was not unusual to see on the cover page of a single magazine or grouped together on a single platform, such grotesque combinations as a Russian anti-Czarist who had learned in his youth to respect Lenine and an Irish agitator or agitatress; a Western I. W. W. angered because of the treatment of his leaders in our courts and an eastern highbrow who had detected an inconsistency in the government's policy; a former editor...
...team sat on the platform during the demonstration. After individual cheers for each member, the singing of the Marseillaise concluded the meeting...
...Emmons, 3rd, '20, opened the meeting by leading a series of long and short cheers. Then he yielded the platform to Kellett, the newly appointed song leader. The latter, who led the singing at Camp Devens during the war, instilled a spirit into the gathering such as has not been seen at Harvard since the fall of 1916. Time and again the room rang to the tunes of "Harvardiana" and "The Gridiron King" until the leader was satisfied and Trumbull took the stand...