Word: islanded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Interior the Bureau of Insular Affairs (War) for consolidation with the Division of Territories and Island Possessions; Bureau of Fisheries (Commerce) and Bureau of Biological Survey (Agriculture), to lump conservation agencies...
...early in 1835 with a Yale education, $36,000 in gold and so much energy that when he died he left ten children and more land than almost anyone in the U. S. Only cattle he owned were 453 head, acquired for a debt, which he put on an island and forgot. When their unbranded offspring wandered ashore, cowmen would whoop, "There's a Maverick!" and rope...
...landscape during the recent civil war, Adolf Hitler's men modestly stayed in the background, playing a less conspicuous but no less effective role. II Duce sent not only airmen but infantrymen to help Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquer the stubborn Spanish Republicans. Spectacularly he took over the strategic island of Majorca as a bombing base, bombastically he bragged about the brave exploits of his legionnaires...
Last week, when the Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows moved out of indoor arenas in Manhattan and Boston and pitched canvas in Long Island City, patrons of the Big Show sat in the first air-conditioned tent in circus history. Eight big trailers, each one a complete unit, pump ice-chilled air into the tent on hot days, warmed air on cold days...
...Broadway blithe May brings only the kiss of death. This year, however, May tripped into Manhattan carrying in her arms a lusty infant World's Fair from Flushing, Long Island, a babe supposed to bring luck to Broadway. All it has brought so far is one of the worst theatrical slumps in years, perhaps because the curious are visiting the Fair instead of the theatre...