Word: dunning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Succeeding the America, the Atlantic was the first of the famed U. S. racing yachts which defeated the Earl of Dun-raven's Valkyries, and in recent years the various Shamrocks of Sir Thomas Lipton. It is usually a syndicate of N. Y. Yacht Club men who finance the defence. The three winning boats this century have been the Columbia, Reliance, Resolute. In memory of the first great triumph the boats race for "America...
...story is not only of the sea, but also of the urban life of Ireland and the struggle of a strong dynamic man, quite out of place in his natural surroundings. One feels certain that Robert Dun woody is destined for the sea, and yet, after serving his desires for several years, he returns to marry and settle down. It is very evident that he is most unhappy in his new surroundings, and in dealing with the outcome of this unfortunate crisis, Mr. Ervine has built up an exceedingly strong climax...
...House of Parliament" hurried, last week, representatives of the toilers and officers of the vast Dunlop Rubber Co., near Birmingham. Each proud, contented toiler-"M.P." had been elected by the secret ballots of 150 constituents. A "Constitution" stood ratified by the "House of Parliament," and to it all Dun-loppers pledged allegiance and obedience...
...show. Troopers were paid off and sent back to their stations while officers continued to argue about which "army" had "won." Among other stratagems weighed for merit was that of dyeing white horses brown to camouflage them from aerial observation. Other modern cavalry camouflage: dull metal mountings on harness; dun netting to dull the flash of shiny saddle seats...
...Treasure Room is exhibiting this week a collection of plates of seventeenth-century. Broadsides and non-Broadsides, and a modern series of Broadsides which are the work of the Dun Emer Press of Dublin, Ireland...