Word: aegean
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...passenger had cleared the Dardanelles, barged up the Sea of Marmora and dropped anchor in the Bosporus off Leander's Tower. Later Stavro Chelebides, agent for the Maiotis, brought out from shore potatoes, macaroni, meat and salad greens for Mr. Insull who had been desperately sick in the Aegean on a diet of boiled chicken. Fresh water was taken aboard so the Maiotis could sail that afternoon...
...evening they swooped low-over Le Bourget (nine minutes behind Lindbergh's time), dropped messages to their wives who. waving and shrieking hysterically, could plainly see their men's faces. Codos & Rossi" flew on through the night and the third day, across Central Europe, Greece and the Aegean Sea. They skirted the coast of Asia Minor. A gasoline leak, wicked winds, intense heat and fatigue combined to make them choose a landing spot. Escorted by French Army Planes the Joseph LeBrix landed at Rayack near the Syrian seaport of Beirut. Unofficial distance from New York...
With hopes of finding further connecting links between the areas of high cultural development in the Aegean region on one hand and central and northern Europe on the other, a Harvard expedition will sail on Wednesday, April 20, to continue excavations in Jugoslavia begun during a two-week survey last summer...
Here was the issue, squarely put, but Mr. MacDonald adroitly avoided it. To be sure the British battleships Queen Elizabeth and Ratnillies (mounting between them 16 fifteen-inch guns) were already racing for Alexandria from cruising spots in the Aegean Sea. But Mr. MacDonald said that "His Majesty's Government is determined not to inter- vene in the purely internal affairs of Egypt," and all present understood what he meant. For minutes after this popular announcement the House of Commons rang with cheers...
...heirs had a good case in international law. With the understanding that they were to receive a fat slice of any funds paid to Abdul's heirs, they successively organized three corporations to push the legal battle: Anglo-Hellenic Corp., succeeded by Valideh Trust, Ltd., and finally Aegean Financial Trust. † Not satisfied with last week's 50 millions from Greece, officials of the Aegean Financial Trust announced that they had every hope of obtaining an additional billion for their clients from the Kingdom of Irak...