Word: ens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...valeur et d'heroïsme ce nom de Quebéc évoque en nous, et que de noms illustres s'associent à ce noble roc. . . ." Loud and ecstatic were the French Canadian cheers* as he finished, dropping into English once more to invite Premier King and Lord Tweedsmuir to the White House. Then the official party adjourned for luncheon to the Governor-General's summer home in the Citadel. Afterwards there were private conferences on public problems common to the two countries, a sightseeing tour through showers, a formal tea and a departure by train...
...from Moscow's Third International. Italy now was apparently undertaking to support a foreign outbreak of Fascism in the same way. Correspondents with the northern rebel armies near Burgos were quick to point out German steel helmets. Twice last week Russian freighters loaded with Soviet munitions were reported en route to help the radical Spanish Government. In Moscow, 100,000 workers jammed the Red Square, pledged their aid in a campaign to raise 200,000,000 rubles for the Spanish Government...
Trouble started last fortnight when Chairman Brundage announced that some of the 334 Olympic athletes had been roistering in the bar of the S. S. Manhattan on which they were en route to Germany. He threatened to dismiss second offenders from the team, remarked darkly: "This trip is no joyride...
Last week's developments among the 334 U. S. Olympic athletes en route to Berlin on the S. S. Manhattan...
...through the Bolivian jungle, crossed the Isthmus, reached New York City March 1. 1929. The 20,000-mile trip was largely financed by giving exhibition "Leaps of Death" in the car. Barone's first companion was killed in a race soon after their start. His second, picked up en route, died of jungle fever. His third lost his life when an avalanche hit the car. Once Barone was robbed by bandits who took everything but his car, which they considered worthless. It is now in the Studebaker Museum at South Bend...