Word: lagoons
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reef, building houses, preparing for the comfort of future passengers to the Orient. Then the North Haven sailed off, leaving behind on Wake Island eight inhabitants. To salute these eight men and their work, which it was the first to use, the Clipper circled twice, then slid into the lagoon 8 hr. 8 min. after leaving Midway, 1,191 miles away...
Nowhere characterizing her husband, or writing at length about him, Anne Lindbergh tells a few anecdotes that reveal him as a matter-of-fact, friendly, laconic character. Unable to reach Nome before dark, the Lindberghs landed in a far lagoon on Seward Peninsula, anchored the plane, and slept. In the middle of the night they were awakened by guttural voices, discovered two boatloads of Eskimos beside the plane. "Hello," said the Eskimos, "we-hunt-duck." Taken aback, not knowing what manner of men his visitors were, Charles Lindbergh replied, "That's nice." Conversation lagged. To keep it going...
When the Spanish and Portuguese South American Empires broke up into great modern states in the early 19th Century, two bobtail leftovers were Bolivia and Paraguay. Portuguese Brazil did not bother to annex the lazy, primitive Guarani Indians sweltering in the low plateaus and lagoon-lands between the Paraguay and Parana Rivers. After Paraguay became an independent nation, the Spanish family of Lopez took it over and willfully plunged it into the "heroic" war of 1864-70, reducing Paraguay's population from 1,337,000 to only 221,000, of whom 28,000 were men. Dyspeptic, diar-rehic, goitred...
Figure skating, races, and ice stunts will feature a skating carnival to be held in the Charles River Lagoon in front of the Union Boat Club tonight. The carnival is sponsored by the Massachusetts Committee to further Outdoor Recreation...
...Last Day began with a 50-gun salute at 9 o'clock in the morning. Whistles blew and bells rang for a full five minutes throughout Chicago. An aerial bomb broke over the Lagoon as the day's 10,000th visitor pushed through the turnstiles. Two bombs signaled the arrival of the 20,000th. Buglers posted on "L" platforms throughout the Loop blew long & loud at high noon. Schools closed. Early in the afternoon a bewildered grey-haired grandmother was whisked off to the Administration Building where, as the 16,000,000th visitor of 1934, she was presented with...