Word: gone
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...build these ships without any fear of having them scrapped, because the U. S. was already far behind Great Britain and Japan in cruiser strength.- The appropriation to start construction of these three cruisers had already passed the Senate (TIME, Feb. 14) after being rejected in the House; had gone to conference. Before the President's proposal last week, it seemed certain that the House would agree to the Senate's action. Later it was doubtful. A compromise was suggested...
...full quart. The doctor wanted to know how fast the stomach got rid of the water. So at intervals, he ran a rubber tube down the neighbor's throat to his stomach and drained off a little water. He learned: in 15 minutes half the water was gone, in 30 minutes four-fifths...
...turning up at backwoods settlements, bearded, his pockets bulging, his underclothes gone. The latter he had used up for gun wads. His pockets contained bird skins, sheafs of notes, manuscript. He was the naturalist, John James Audubon, whose grandmanner personality made credentials unnecessary. He had a family down in Kentucky which he supported as best he could in the years when, at one with the wilderness as few men were before or after him, he was "unknown" in the U. S. He took his magnificent work to Edinburgh and was made a member of the Royal Academy. He executed...
...most amusing incident of last fall," he said, "was when I ordered a group of amateur horsemen to follow me along the bridle path. Before we had gone 100 yards, my companions had left me behind. They went by at a high speed, and one rider suddenly dismounted without command, sitting down with considerable concussion. When I asked him if he had hurt himself, he replied to my amazement that his head had been badly shaken. The rest of the company, however, kept right on going, and ended somewhere in Watertown...
...Lippman in the current "Atlantic Monthly" analyses the causes of American political indifference. He finds that they are based on the facts that the United States is prosperous, therefore uncritical, that the parties do not represent popular interest, that fundamental issues are avoided in politics. He need not have gone so deeply into the question. The spectacle of men who are supposed to represent the interests of a nation acting in a manner which on the street would make them liable to arrest is not edifying. Nor is it surprising that a well-fed public does not pay much attention...