Word: testing
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...mantilla should be about two yards square. It is a venerable test of quality that a good mantilla should be sheer enough to be pulled through a wedding ring...
...crossing of the U. S., but Col. Lindbergh deprecated efforts to credit him with breaking the record of Capt. Frank Monroe Hawks which, he pointed out, was a nonstop flight with a heavy fuel load. The Lindberghs held to levels between 14,000 and 15,500 feet. Purpose: To test the theory that airplane speed and efficiency are to be sought above storm areas, in rare atmosphere...
...regatta with Navy and Columbia, but Coach Haines' crew is known to be heavier and rangier than any he has ever before put on the Charles. Coach White side has had his first boat make excellent time in trial rows, but tomorrow's race, the first real test of the season for the Crimson oarsmen, should afford them a foe worthy of their best...
...Freshman team has not yet had a chance to show its strength, but is expected to be well balanced, without any exceptional individual players To determine the ranking, a series of test matches has been held, before which there was indoor practice in the Freshman Gymnasium...
Convinced that much musical hypocrisy exists among our symphonic and concert audiences who, impressed by the eminence of the artists, claim to appreciate what they neither enjoy nor understand, I propose a test. Let Artist Kreisler seat himself, shabbily disguised, on a camp stool at a busy sidewalk corner. A " Blind" sign above his dark glasses, let him draw his magic bow, and play, as only he can play it, the Caprice Viennois. How many, think you, of his applauding audience, as they hurried by, would pause longer than to jangle a few pennies into the tin cup strapped...