Word: gulf
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Princeton referred to the suggestion of an American language as being either " a specimen of American humor " or " a serious enormity." Dr. F. N. Scott, of Michigan, speaking of Mr. Mencken's translation of the Declaration of Independence said: " That Mr. Mencken has failed to perceive the gulf between the sterile vulgarity of his performance and the massive dignity of the original, is for Americans not a matter of ridicule, but for the hair shirt and the lash, for tears of shame and self-abasement." If Dr. Scott really means all that he should refrain from reading the newspapers...
...Coast-to-coast" and now "Gulf to Canada." Lieutenant Harrison G. Crocker left Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, early one morning and reached Self ridge Field, Michigan, the evening of the same day, after 11 hours 54 minutes flight, covering 1,-400 miles in his solitary trip. Liberty motor and De Haviland plane functioned perfectly. The pilot flew low because of low-lying clouds and sometimes almost grazed the treetops. Apart from the added proof of airplane endurance, the flight is a significant demonstration of the fact that low clouds cannot deter skilled aerial navigators...
...weeks ago and announced the terms on which it will receive bids for the restricted sale of its entire merchant fleet. These bids will be opened on May 28. Meanwhile it also announced the regrouping of its lines into 18 routes, twelve operating from the Atlantic and Gulf ports and six from the Pacific Coast. The terms of the bidding are: " The bidder must specify the names of the ships he desires to purchase, the price offered and terms of payment, the route over which he will undertake to maintain service, the charter, frequency and extent of service, period...
...only interesting thing about the " nationwide" strike called by the Marine Transport Workers' Union to tie up shipping on the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Coast ports, is that it is being run by the I. W. W. From all reports the strike itself is a failure: San Francisco, Seattle, San Pedro, New York, Boston, Baltimore and other big shipping centers assert that their vessels are hardly affected...
...natural and absolutely bona fide set of teeth have for several months been growing steadily in the jaws of John F. Koter, of Gulf Summit, N. Y., 88 years...