Word: expression
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this candidate argued Dr. Denis Saurat of the University of London, visiting professor of English and French at the university's summer session: "The English poet is particularly fitted to express the ideals by which American people live because he unites the Puritan and the liberal traditions, selecting from the cultures of the past all the elements acceptable to American civilization...
...water before responding to the welcoming committee. He disclaimed all concern in breaking the old record of 14 hr. 45 min., set by the Lindberghs on Easter Sunday. Said he: "I am not interested in records. It was purely a business demonstration of the possibilities of an aerial pony express. With relays of pilots and fast planes at intermediate points ... I think a schedule of 13 to 15 hrs. could be maintained. . . . The nonstop flight is of no value. Why load up with a lot of gas? ... I didn't really have the ship 'wide open...
Queen Mary did not answer Rockford's Social Morality Department right away. But London's newspapers undertook to do so for her. In a special article intended for Rockford consumption, the Daily Express headlined: "YES! THE QUEEN DOES SMOKE...
Then came the Speech from the Throne, which according to custom was written by Prime Minister MacDonald, read by the Lord Chancellor Lord Sankey. His Majesty was made to express "profound satisfaction" with the results of the London Naval Conference,? evacuation of the Rhineland, reparations settlement at The Hague. He concluded with earnest prayers and pious hopes?and Parliament was over...
...were released for civil works (TIME, Jan. 27). Of 88 companies engaged in commercial operations, ten are operating scheduled services over 6,984 mi. of airways. Last year Canada's air lines carried 86,242 paying passengers, 430,636 Ib. of mail, 3,903,908 Ib. of freight and express, flew...