Word: cornering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...anticipate no trouble, even with death around the corner, as he knew it was when he wrote me last, in signing, as he signed, 'With Love and Good Cheer...
Beribboned, bedraped, the interior of Grand Central Palace, Manhattan, last week went drydock. A 62 foot Elco cruiser, biggest boat of the show, rumbled up to the doors and towered at anchor. A 30,000 pound Diesel engine arrived and sat solemnly in one corner. Propellers, pennants, anchors, gyroscopes, all manner of gadgets ranged themselves agreeably on the shelves. The 23rd annual Motor Boat Show was declared open...
...Manhattan, owned by the brother of Painter Albert Pinkham Ryder. Hearing of the barber's suicide, Painter Ryder was shocked. He painted a picture of a skeleton jockey perched upon a great white race horse. The great white horse was galloping around a race track. In the corner of the picture was a snake, to symbolize temptation...
...relay race with Holy Cross the University team was decisively beaten by the Purple runners. The opening leg found Captain A. H. O'Neil '28 gaining the first corner, from the pole on Hal Klumbach of Holy Cross. On the third lap Klumbach gained an eight yard advantage over O'Neil to hand the flag to Maher, who ran up a lead of 15 yards on C. M. Lauterhahn '30. F. E. Cummings '30 had an injured shoulder before the opening of the race, and found difficulty in holding his own with the Purple runner, Chemis...
Perhaps because of this all the essays deal more or less with books and their great value as friends, companions, educators. Most of the pieces are not very profound, and the less fortunate ones are but thinly disguised book advertisements. Dog Corner is evidently the country home of the author, and the main characters of the volume are he, his wife Margaretta, Anne, his somewhat phenomenal five-year old daughter, and the terrier, Michael...