Word: harpoon
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...roam the trop ical Atlantic waters, are also found off the coasts of California, Hawaii, Japan, the Antipodes. The largest fish ever caught with rod & reel was a New Zealand black marlin weighing 976 lb., hooked in 1926. The sport of catching swordfish on a hook instead of by harpoon is comparatively new. The sport of catching them off Montauk Point, L. I., and nearby Block Island is even newer, although broadbills are found the world over...
...belongs to the Catholic Church and has no intention of leaving it." Spiritually German Catholics breathed easier. Politically they were almost forced last week to give up the ghost. Utmost pressure was put on the Catholic Center Party to dissolve. Into their midst "The Doctor" stuck his sharp propaganda harpoon. "If I may be permitted," he sneered, "to give the Centrist party a piece of gratuitous advice it is this: CLOSE YOUR SHOP. There are no more customers coming your way! If we remove the Centrist party from the realm of politics we shall have done the Catholic Church...
...worked five years for Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp. and who has been inventing things for 18 years. When he managed a chain of clothing stores he got the idea for the pants-presser. While working for Goodyear, he says, he actually landed a blimp by means of a harpoon-anchor like the one which he depicts in his cartoon series. Two of his inventions are now in production: a coathanger with attached compartment to hold mothballs or perfume; a truck tailgate which lowers to receive freight, elevates it to the truck's level. Another Gross invention, not in production...
Nearby were found three rifles, a harpoon, a boat, two sledges?all part of the emergency equipment of the balloon, of which there was no trace. The corpses' moccasins were severely worn, suggesting a long march over the floes from where the balloon came down. Most precious of all was Andree's diary. Its pages were so fragile that the finders feared to examine it. But one entry was visible? July 18, 1897, just one week after the fated takeoff...