Word: intrepidity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Adolphe Valery Coco, 70, one-time (1916-1924) Attorney General of Louisiana, intrepid investigator of the Mer Rouge slayings (1922) involving Ku Klux Klan. It was he who once, unarmed, defended a prisoner from a mob by drawing a line on the ground with his cane and saying: "The first person who crosses that line I kill...
...intrepid American flyer brought his Spirit of St. Louis down on Valbuena Field at 2.39. . . . He had covered more than 2,000 miles in 27 hours, 15 minutes . . . from the crowd delirious shouts of joy . . . motorcycle police rushed toward the spot . . . Lindbergh was lifted upon the shoulders of his new Mexican admirers and placed into an automobile which began a slow trip to the Presidential stand. . . . The American hero seemed tired when he marched up to the President, but he was smiling happily. Speaking through an interpreter, President Calles assured him of Mexico's delight. . . . The greeting not entirely...
Civic REPERTORY THEATRE-Eva Le Gallienne's intrepid revelation of a cycle of good shows...
...banquet given in honor of the two flyers. Called upon for a speech, Mr. Schlee rose, said: "There seems to be a general misconception . . ." and collapsed. Friends attributed the breakdown to nervous strain. Said full-page newspaper advertisements:-"Detroit is proud of the Pride of Detroit and its Intrepid Pilots-Ed Schlee and Billy Brock...
Inspired, many a rewrite-man manufactured intimate details of the landing of the intrepid flyers, the hearty welcome by the crowds. Many a headline screamed: BYRD IN PARIS...