Word: alexandria
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...July 1939 the House authorized an investigation of NLRB, to be led by Virginia's Howard W. Smith, an oldfashioned, seldom-spoken Democrat whose district is rural except for about 2,000 Alexandria railroadmen who always vote against him anyway, if they have an alternative. "Judge" Smith's country-lawyer shrewdness was underrated only by New Dealers, who laughed at his wing collar, ribboned pince-nez and air of extreme, Coolidge-like caution...
...that Ajax fought in the Battle of the Saints, in the West Indies, under Rodney again, against France's Admiral de Grasse, who was taken prisoner. Ajax No. 2, an 80-gun line-of-battle ship built at Rotherhithe in 1798, took part in the British investiture of Alexandria in 1801, but did little sea-fighting. In 1807 she burned with 252 deaths off the Dardanelles, after doing her part at Trafalgar (1805) under Admiral Nelson. Ajax No. 3, a 74-gunner, backed up the Duke of Wellington's siege of San Sebastian in 1813. Ajax...
About ten centuries before Christ, Egypt's Rameses III conquered in sea battle a coalition of Trojans, Achaeans and Philistines. The better to exploit her new-won sea power, Egypt moved her capital from Thebes, 400 miles up river, to Tanis, 60 miles from modern Alexandria, close to the sea but not too close to suffer from pirates. The religious capital remained at Thebes, ruled by Amon's high priests. Smendes, sprig of a rich merchant family, founded the 21st (Tanis) Dynasty. His successor, Psousennes I, reigned 46 years...
...prior to this eruption of family names, Helenius had married a school teacher, Maria Alexandria (Alii) Trygg. The family names became more and more confusing. It was finally decided part of these names should be dropped and that the bride should be known as Alii Trygg-Helenius and let it go at that...
BORIS SHISHKIN Alexandria...