Word: jaunt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Next jaunt was a 75-mile trip to Mount Rainier. Mist hung low as the President's car moved up through the foothills, crossed a river at the foot of Nisqually Glacier. But as he drove higher between high snow walls, the sun came out and the 14,000-ft. peak above them hung dazzling white against a blue mountain sky. At Paradise Valley, 5,400 feet above sea level, the President threw snowballs, stared at the heights through glasses, went into sprawling Paradise Inn to play a few pieces on the piano...
Into the White House last Week to report to Harry Truman, went three globetrotters. They had been given what no other civilians have got in this war; a free round-the-world trip in Army planes, with high priority to go when & where they pleased-on a jaunt that had nothing to do with winning...
...news of one jaunt, see SPORT...
With three minutes to play and the ball deep in Kirkland territory, Jenkins went off tackle and slipped through a solid wall of would-be tacklers for a 49 years jaunt to the Eliot 35 yard stripe. On the next play, Eliot was set back half the distance to the goalline on a slugging penalty and it appeared as if their unscored-upon record would be broken. finally, in one of the best plays of the game, Jenkins knifed through center from the third to give Kirkland the distinction of having scored the only touchdown of the season against...
Dewey wanted no nonsense, no barnstorming, no parades, flags or placards. His first two speeches, as he began his 6,700-mile jaunt to the West Coast and back, were short, crisp, and to the point-good examples of well ordered, factual courtroom talk. His tactical approach was to present one issue in each speech and ram that issue home so hard that the New Deal would be driven into long explanation...