Word: cars
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Probably the lightest pack carried by any infantryman in the world. During the World War the U. S. soldier car...
...question. The fact that there has been a "frequency of fatal accidents" in Princeton is not common to that town alone. The law, by establishing an age limit which happens to be under that of the average undergraduate, has apparently given the student a legal right to drive a car. Therefore in forbidding automobiles at Princeton on the count of reckless driving, the university appears to take the stand that pursuit of learning and not tender years is responsible for accidents. Such perverse application of results of modern education is hardly plausible, even from a rigid dean...
...train escapes from bleak Nevada, climbs through red, grey, brown, purple mountains, drops gently into a valley, slides toward the Pacific. The air becomes mysteriously, sensually warm. Orange groves, green and gold, line the way. Umbrellas are stuffed under berths. Overcoats are donated to porters. Crutches are flung from car windows. Passengers stand and sing praise, a queer glint in their eyes. It is the air of Southern California...
...With Mrs. Ford, Henry Ford boarded his private railroad car, Fair Play, at Detroit last week, ordered it despatched to Washington...
...square miles of residence property (homes worth $25,000 or more) have been or are being developed through their office. Their practice in talking sparingly, pointedly with Cleveland bankers has made it easier for them when they venture to New York. Neither has married. When not on their private car they live quietly in one of two residences near Cleveland. Pre-eminent in financial circles, they are unknown quantities in so-called "society." Hostesses have sighed, invited them, received polite regrets, sighed, invited them again. They never accept. Perhaps they fear boredom. Perhaps they are merely preserving vitality...