Word: damascus
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...declared that it would not permit the race (TIME, May 31). By this time the handwriting was clearly on the wall, but stubborn Minister Cot refused to call off the idea. As a substitute publicity stunt for the Exposition, he devised a race from Istres, France, non-stop to Damascus, then back to Paris with as many stops as entrants wished. Last week this flight took the air with tremendous fanfare...
...Earle for the first 41 years of his life was a Republican among Republicans, a young socialite who loved polo ponies and show dogs, dinner parties and fine wines. He had inherited a sugar fortune and married Huberta Potter, a Kentucky belle. Like Saint Paul crossing the plain of Damascus, George Earle in 1932, crossing the valley of Depression, suddenly saw a great light. He promptly hit the sawdust trail to political redemption...
...trips he had asked Isabel to marry him, had been put off only because of violent opposition from her mother. This time she said yes. Then began Isabel's large-scale wire-pulling which resulted in Burton's moving up through consular appointments until he came to Damascus, whence he was recalled for his blunt criticism of a cold-blooded Turkish governor, the ruthless usury of rich Jews, the intrigues of missionaries. His appointment at Trieste was his last...
...week whizzed a vehicle the like of which neither Iraq nor any other place in the world had ever seen. It was the world's first stainless-steel sleeper-trailer bus, built in Philadelphia by E. G. Budd Manufacturing Co. for the 600-mile run between Bagdad and Damascus. On this long trip with its one watering place-the oasis at Rutba Wells-the road is marked for only 200 miles...
...keeping with the main feature is an exciting Mickey Mouse called "On Ice." On the other hand, two types of travelogues--both of tropical savor--are offered for the moviegoer. Rather mediocre is "Damascus and Jerusalem," which covers ancient ground in very old fashion. By now the public should be filled to the point where it suffers pain with travelogues which persist in presenting new lands from the same outlook. Although this does not commit the mistake of Fitpatrick productions, which Mr. Fitzpatrick always concludes with a mournful "We take a reluctant leave of the fair city...