Word: frozen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Stubbington House School, he got into the Navy, quickly made his abilities apparent, was rapidly promoted. At the turn of the Century he was named commander of the National Antarctic Expedition, set out in the Discovery with Shackleton among his men. They discovered King Edward VII Land, were frozen in for nearly two years off Ross Island, learned what scurvy meant. In the following years Captain Scott commanded three of His Majesty's war boats and dreamed of the South Pole. Finally, in 1910, backed by Government funds, he steamed away in the Terra Nova...
...tall, amiable president of the Waldorf and his man Oscar. Neatly they spiked their problem with a startling innovation ? a U. S. menu U. S. cooked. Mr. Boomer led off with Cape Cods baked in the shell, New Orleans gumbo and Maryland terrapin. His bird was Chesapeake mallard. Frozen applejack preceded Virginia ham and autumn salad which were topped off with soufflé Lugol and coffee...
...offset the tremendous empty mileage developed by this system, the American Railway Association ruled that each railroad should load idle foreign cars in preference to system cars destined for other tracks. Several railroads have "frozen" per diem agreements providing a fixed penalty period for foreign cars, usually from three to five days. Thus, foreign cars may be held, with a maximum penalty charge of $3 to $5 per car, pending such loading as may be in prospect. Empty hauls are thus substantially reduced...
...from Emmet, a rough-&-ready Westerner, her mother sees to it that they go in different directions. But luckily for the caravan, Emmet rejoins them later, guides them on their terrible journey through the mountains. In a hopeless attempt to save some who have been left behind. Emmet is frozen to death. Though Celeste makes no secret of the fact that she is carrying his child, her mother is reconciled: her trip has given her a broader view. As patriotic literature or red-blooded narrative The Westward Star is first-rate; as poetry...
Thus for the first time did the Federal Government begin paying off depositors in a closed bank under the Federal Deposit Insurance Law. Glutted with frozen paper on city real estate and business loans, the Fond du Lac State Bank closed late last May owing 1,789 depositors $241,412. A month ago its insured deposits were turned over to FDIC when the directors failed to agree on plans for a reorganization. Ninety-nine per cent of the depositors will be paid in full. Under the Temporary Insurance Plan (guaranteeing accounts of $2,500 or less), $125.000 of the bank...