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...front of Newell Boat House is still six inches thick, but below Anderson bridge opposite Weld Boat House the ice is very thin, and below the next two bridges farther down there is clear water, largely due to the hot water discharged into the river from heating plants...
...drinks at the Union or enters unconventionally into the discussions with a clink of glasses and a Germanic "Hoch!" Such men as Raleigh and the Virginia planters have put an end to that-- not to mention men more notorious. The clear air of discussion is now clouded with thin blue smoke, so that such gatherings as that to be held tonight should be more aptly termed "smokosiums", and may the best man smoke the others...
...would express the drum beats of a rising nation with hoof beats; they charge right into the spectator's heart. But after the first half of his film Griffith reins in his Pegasus. He strives to increase the suspense by drawing out his scenes, which often makes them thin, haggard. His favorite trick of shifting scenes abruptly demands-at times-a jackrabbit alertness. But through It all runs a simple, yet eloquent romance. Griffith has made history and fiction listen to their master's voice. The battle of Bunker Hill is done with all the sincerity...
...statues of bulls, three feet high, made of thin copper plates over a wooden core. Their horns were of gold...
...gasbags have to be removed. Between renewals both the inner and outer fabric system have to be constantly repaired. The Airship Construction Co. of Detroit, said to be backed by Edsel Ford, is experimenting with a new form of covering and interior cell, to be built entirely of very thin sheet duralumin, not more than one one-hundredth of an inch in thickness...