Word: belling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...handed a slip of paper on which a subject is written such as "Capital Punishment."* For five minutes he is permitted to twitch nervously in his seat while his undernourished brain works feverishly to synthesize all that he has read, been told, suspected about the matter. A bell rings. He marches to the platform, plunges into a sentence the end of which is invisible, stops, begins again, stutters, finally gets hold of a word, likes it, takes hold of it, and with a ridiculous but earnest gesture, gallops it into a climax, becomes suddenly convinced of the justice...
...tower rises to a height of 205 feet 2 inches. The canllon has 61 bells with 48 tones and was cast at John Taylor & Sons Bell-foundry at Loughborough, England. They will be shipped to the States within a few months...
...hour later, Elena, a 137-footer, sailed across the finish line to capture the King's cup for Class A yachts. Her sailing time was 16 days, 21 hours.* Miss Helen G. Bell, daughter of the Elena's owner, wrote a seaworthy account of the voyage for the New York Times. She told of one rough afternoon and night: "The ship heeled over until the lee rail was awash and now and then as she shipped seas over the stern the water raced down the scuppers. "When I turned in for the night the sky was covered with ominous black...
...yacht Elena, to be pronounced winner of the cup offered by King Alfonso for Class A boats. The small boats left New York June 30, followed eight days later by the Class A entries. Elihu Root Jr., and Paul Hammond were in command of the Nina; Owner William B. Bell of Manhattan commanded the Elena...
Elena (137 feet)- William B. Bell† of Manhattan...