Word: beds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Senor Alvo informed one caller: "Yes. Senor Lindbergh is here. He is taking a bath." Two days later, when fog forced them down again on the Minho River, they spent the night in their plane. Spanish sailors and Portuguese fishermen had to dredge the river's shallow, rocky bed before they could take off. Arriving in Lisbon, Colonel Lindbergh discussed the possibility of a transatlantic terminus there with a representative of Pan American Airways, for which he has been making his European tour, and two representatives of British Imperial Airways. He denied rumors that he would attempt...
...Hearkened in blank amazement as Laborite Morgan Jones, who had gone to the House distraught from the sick bed of his dying daughter, hurled wildly at British Nobel Peaceman Sir Austen Chamberlain the charge that "By his speeches he encouraged the high-handed policy of Japan in Manchuria...
Waking suddenly just before dawn in his Manhattan penthouse. Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews, who likes to roam the Mongolian Gobi, dimly saw a small man squatting like a monkey by his bed, staring into his face. Dr. Chapman swore, lunged at the intruder. The man ducked back, fled out on a balcony. Dauntless Dr. Chapman leaped after him, tackled him on the fire-escape. After a moment's scuffle, the intruder kicked away, darted down to freedom. "I am accustomed to years of sleeping in camp and I can feel the presence of anybody." explained Dr. Chapman. "When...
...curator of the Fogg Museum, who lives at Gerry's Landing, said concerning the bridge: "I do not like to oppose the plan to bridge the river at this point because I think the bridge itself to be a benefit to the public. The proposed shift of the river bed, involving the removal of such a large amount of earth at such great expense, and spoiling the present beautiful and familiar curve, is, in my opinion, a great waste of money for the questionable advantage of allowing faster driving along the straightened parkway...
...said yesterday: "The suggested building of a bridge at this point will make access to the school easier and will open out the large marsh area below the cemetery to proper policing. To this part of the plan I have no objection whatsoever, but the shifting of the river bed, I consider somewhat extravagant...