Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cream-colored, egg-shaped President Stenio Vincent called on the U.S. and, between sales talks for Haitian rum and an $11,000,000 refunding loan, got President Roosevelt's word that he could not take his Marines out too soon. Last week President Roosevelt, two months ahead of schedule, proved that he meant what he had said...
...across the line off Newport, R. I., will mark the start of the most expensive sports event in the world?the four-out-of-seven races for the America's Cup. The owner of the British challenger. Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, arrived in Manhattan last week, a few days ahead of his Endeavour which was being towed across the Atlantic by his Diesel yacht. With a stickpin burgee of the Royal Yacht Squadron in his necktie and a briar pipe in his mouth. Owner Sopwith said what he thought about the races and Endeavour...
...When Endeavour arrives at Bristol this week, the Herreshoff workers will doubtless be as much surprised by her as they were by her owner. Endeavour, hydrangea blue above water, bronze below, is made entirely of steel except for a silver-spruce boom and a mahogany rudder. On a panel ahead of her helmsman, is a full set of airplane navigating
...ships now abuilding, the U. S. ranks ninth with 27,000 tons, just a shade ahead of Spain.* Fortnight ago, there arrived in Manhattan 88 blooded cows, bulls and heifers from the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey. Said the American Merchant Line: "The demand for space for highclass horses and cattle has returned almost to normal. The owners of breeding farms are buying again, which is always a good sign...
...Prizewinning author and his queer menage, fell in love with Undine, a visiting cousin from the U. S. When he let himself be seduced by the luscious secretary it cost him both his job and Undine. But the experience had been valuable; back in London he was soon forging ahead, first as secretary to a rising M. P., then as an able underling in a Government office. When the War came a weak heart kept Tom from the front but did not prevent him from rising fast in his job. After the Armistice Tom threw over a promising political career...