Word: drove
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Your King." Quitting the Queen Mary bareheaded in a pouring rain amid fresh roars of "Good old Teddy!" the Sovereign drove off rapidly over an unannounced route with John Stewart, Lord Provost of Glasgow. Scotsman Stewart later chuckled: "The King is a very human man. In my private room he showed me how to balance a penny. When I tried to emulate His Majesty and failed he said: 'Please give me back my penny. You know I am a Scotsman...
Unshaven and haggard was Premier Okada when he at last turned himself over to his astounded valet and was shaved, decked out as an Admiral with all his medals, and drove to the Palace to prostrate himself before the Emperor and humbly voice "my sincere regrets." It was not that the Premier regretted his sensational escape but that in Japan, when things get as far out of hand as they had last week, it is supposed that the Son of Heaven has been inconvenienced or disturbed and officials of the Empire are supposed to regret this. They may regret...
...National partly because it was being played over her home course, Interlachen. Reporters were amazed by Patty's earnestness, her freckles, her costume of a boy's sweatshirt and the assurance with which, though she weighs only 110 and is just over 5 ft., she consistently drove 200 yards. Patty Berg amazed them further by beating five opponents in a row. In the final, she played Mrs. Vare. The match appeared to be over when "Glenna" was 4 up with six holes left to play. Patty won two of the next three. Mrs. Vare won only by sinking...
Late in the period, Joe Hindle, wing on the Puritan second line, drove a fast one past the Eli net tender after an assist by Dan Burbank...
...Travelling by car from the railroad at Mardin, on the border of Irak, our party drove through Diyarbekin and Bitlis and completely around the great alkaline lake near Van," said Blake. The expedition passed twelve days in the city itself taking many pictures of the remnants of the old town which were shown as slides to the audience...