Word: jaunt
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...perk up a jaded appetite, Participation at one of these windy afternoon contests between the diminutive, perhaps, House teams, is fun for all, even if there is fear of getting knocked over by the stakesmen when someone transports the ball on a history-making jaunt. Participation of the present will serve to mould the spirit of the future...
...real purpose of the Lindberghs' flight was to chart an international mail route such as was pictured several months ago by Second Assistant Postmaster General Glover upon his return from a visit in Canada. This was vehemently denied by Lindbergh, but it was recalled that his "pleasure jaunt" two years ago around the Caribbean shortly preceded the opening of new routes by Pan American Airways, Inc. with which he is associated...
...Liberty, the names of Pilot Holger Hoiriis and Passenger Otto Hillig could scarcely be found in U. S. newspapers. Their momentary flame of fame had been blown out by the propeller blast of the glorious Winnie Mae (see col. i). Here & there little two-paragraph despatches told of their jaunt from Copenhagen back into Germany, where Mr. Hillig became king for a day to the 300 inhabitants of his native Steinbrucken, whence he emigrated to the U. S. 40 years ago. There he shook hands with those oldsters who thought they remembered him as a boy of 15, dined...
...humorous story of the Five-Year Plan now appears in English, illustrated with the same drawings as the edition taught today in Soviet schools ($1.75).-ED. Dutch Stories Sirs: Thank you for squibs Netherlandish: "Waterier Prize" (Peace); "Sir Henry Deterding" (Oil); "Dutch Empire" (Gov. Gen. Davis' East Indian jaunt); "Hollandish Opening" (Capa-blanca's chess...
...satire touching, all in all, a rather wide variety of subjects. High society is gently lifted to a prominent positions on the proverbial handle bars shortly after the opening curtain and the final speech of the evening leaves one with the impression that the ride is along and satisfactory jaunt. Miss, Billie Burke, sometimes known as Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld, is the delightfully diverting center of this half of the play; while Miss Katherine Warren, as Rosine Browne, is the emotional storm center. Between the two and quite dominating the stage is Mr. Novellow himself. This very handsome and accomplished actor...