Word: awayed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...offshore lane. Up to this point the boats were rowing a usual race, with Cornell lagging with its characteristically slow start. The boats failed to emerge from the storm until after the race was ever, and at times they were completely obscured from the launches only a few yards away...
That afternoon the Royal pair stole away for a stroll in the fields outside Ottawa, encountered a small boy who doffed his cap and ran away when the Queen introduced him to his King. That night they went to another State dinner, at Château Laurier...
...reassuring, yeoman love of King and Country that was truly British. This man-to-man meeting occurred in Connaught Square at the unveiling of the Canadian national war memorial. There was a reveille, the King placed a wreath at the foot of the shaft, tall redcoats holding standards stepped away, and the memorial was unveiled. The King spoke, with what some thought was a hint to Rome and Berlin...
...speech, the King and Queen stepped down from the marquee into the open area. The grouped World War Veterans kept their places stiffly for a moment, and then, chanting "We want the King!", surged toward the Royal couple. Guards moved to interfere but the King waved them away. A greying veteran grasped the King's hand with his right, the Queen's with his left. Others slapped the King on the back, wrung the Queen's free hand. "You don't need any bullet-proof glass here, Your Majesty!" they cried. "God bless...
...Decca) this week, and while it isn't as good as the famous duet done some years ago with Earl Hines, it still is plenty good jazz . . . By all means, listen to "Floyd's Guitar Blues" by Andy Kirk featuring the guitar player that Goodman is trying to wheedle away from Kirk with a few thousand dollars . . . Glenn Miller's "Stairway to the Stars" taken from the Park Avenue Fantasy in an attempt to imitate the success of "Deep Purple" is nice sweet stuff . . . And Lionel Hampton's "It Don't Mean a Thing" is really vicious swing