Word: cod
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...itinerary this summer will lead up the Connecticut Valley to the White Mountains, then across to Portland and down the coast, including the North Shore, South Shore, Cape Cod and Long Island. This is a very ambitious circuit in comparison with that of the first year which confined itself to southern New England...
Consider the cod. Although his family is only second on the platter, he is perhaps the most valuable. Even his liver, when pressed under heat, exudes oil of great medicinal worth. And his tongue is a Parisian delicacy. Cod?a big creature?is partial to olive-green covering and is distinguished by a subtle beard at the tip of the lower jaw. The cod catch on the Newfoundland coast has not been seriously diminished...
...action on the proposal for Government purchase of the Cape Cod Canal...
...attracted to Dr. Grenfell's mission, which has now been in activity for over 30 years. In 1892 Dr. Grenfell's attention was called to the poor living conditions existing among the thousands of fishermen who with their families and goods travel to the Labrador coast to fish for cod. In this large colony of fisher folk, however, there are no opportunities for medical or educational attention, and it was to meet this great need for medical service, that Dr. Grenfell equipped his first hospital, which took the form of a small schooner...
...Passed without a record vote, after two days' debate, a Rivers and Harbors Bill carrying $40,000,000 for improvements after the Gooding amendment to prohibit railways from charging lower rates for long than for short hauls and the Fernald amendment providing for the purchase of the Cape Cod Canal had been defeated. (Went to conference.) ¶ The proposal that the U. S. join the World Court came up and was tucked away again with hardly 100 words spoken...