Word: actions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Paulet, she added the following: Captain Paulet declared sn embargo on vessels leaving Honolulu and sent his despatches to the English government by a schooner sailing for Acapulco, Mexico. An American business man secured passage on this schooner, and Prime Minister Judd en trusted to him protests against the action of Captain Paulet, to be presented to the American and English governments. Arriving at Acapulco, the English despatch agent and the American sought sleeping accommodations, but later on the American arose, and hiring every mule and burro available, left Acapulco, leaving no means of transportation for the English Agent. Crossing...
...Your fundamental purpose must be to determine the facts and find solution of a multitude of agricultural problems. ... All this cannot be accomplished by a magic wand or by an overnight action. . . . You are the representatives of organized agriculture itself. . . . I invest you with responsibility, authority and resources such as have never before been conferred by our government in assistance of any industry...
...Commission's order, at the company's formation, was many a news organ. Representatives of the Gannett chainpapers attended the organization meetings at Washington's Wardman Park Hotel, later declined to participate. "Such a company will not give the service we want," said one of them. Moved to court action was the Hearst-owned Universal Service Wireless, Inc., organized last year following the Commission's first allocation order. Last week it filed notice of appeal in Washington's Court of Appeals asking that the Commission be enjoined from allocating the wavelengths to the new corporation, that the new corporation...
...resembling a good novel, nor to my mind will they. I don't suppose we shall even have a story by a real soldier describing exactly his emotions at the front, pleasure and excitement-the exultation of coming alive to the end of a day and of an action-as well as the pain and horror...
...trap the heart's action current they would strap two electrodes to the subject's chest, one above the heart's top, the other about six inches lower. From the electrodes ran 60-ft. wires to a "cardiotachometer," which Dr. Boas devised. Vacuum tubes in the cardiotachometer amplified the heart action current which thereupon operated a counting device and a recording pen. The long wires enabled the subject to practice most of his usual occupations. The counter recorded the total number of his heart beats over any desired period (most importantly for study, during sleep...