Word: carli
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...events of such a character." The British took no special notice of the fact that it was His Majesty's Ambassador who had been shot in the liver; the note went so far as to say that his diplomatic status was "irrelevant." "The real crime" was that the car's occupants were "non-combatants." The British Foreign Office thus really sidestepped the implications of an attack on "the person of His Majesty in China." That charge would have called for sterner measures than they were prepared to carry through...
...Meter because it had two purposes: to control parking, provide revenue. A typical parking meter is a waist-high metal post standing at curb's edge and crowned with a dial and a simple slot machine. When a coin is inserted, the meter marks time for the car parked beside it. When time is up, the driver must move his car away or risk a summons. In November 1935, Oklahoma City tried 174 of Editor Magee's meters, soon added 348 more. When indignant citizens squawked, a district court ruled that "free use" of streets does not include...
...Emperor decorated him with a medal. Owney continued around the world by way of the Suez Canal and the Azores. All along the way he was met by bigwigs who awarded him medals. In Manhattan he remained only a few hours before he was whisked onto a westbound mail car. When he arrived in Tacoma, Wash., Owney had traveled round the world in 132 days. So in San Francisco, when he somehow got into a bench show with a houseful of snooty thoroughbreds, he was awarded another medal and a ribbon-for being the most traveled dog in the world...
Motoring in Wyoming, retired Supreme Court Justice Willis Van Devanter, 78, was shaken up when his automobile collided with another car...
...conductor that he could not remember whether he had turned off the electric iron in his apartment. As the train slowed down to pass through Summit, the conductor threw off a note to the stationmaster. The stationmaster telegraphed to the Union City Police Department which broadcast to a radio car. The radio police entered Mr. Dempsey's apartment, found that he had indeed turned off the iron...