Word: land
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...expedition to the North Pole this spring, have just received a cablegram from Commander Byrd congratulating them on the put which Ganahl played in the successful attempt to fly over the Pole. The cablegram, which was sent declining the offer of Mr. and Mrs. Ganahl to Commander Byrd to land at their decks on the return to England, stated--"Your son was splendid throughout the expedition, Congratulations...
...have sounded trite, perhaps ultra-conservative, even hypocritical upon the lips of the average Americanization worker, rings true as spoken by a Swede to members of his own race in this country. It stands out likewise as unique. In moments of extreme nationalism, nations have maintained spies in foreign lands to link emigrants to their abandoned fatherland. Seldom do they even now encourage complete expatriation. Ties of sentiment and race forbid. The lands of Europe have long regarded emigration as imperialistic energy gone to waste, and begrudged to the land to which their sons departed the fruits of their toil...
Thus it is as a study of the evolution in the theatre during years when there was famine in the land that the book must claim importance, illustrating how the freedom of the stage by the Theatre Regulation Act of 1843 and the placing of legitimate drama on a competitive basis, the creation of new taste in the audience by pioneers of realism such as Kemble in Shakespeare, Madame Vestris in farce and burlesque, the smaller theatre and new technical developments, the new school of acting, the reforms in management beginning with Macready and culminating in Robertson, all prepared...
...commission is of the opinion that it would not be practicable at the present time to limit the ultimate war strength of a country. On the other hand it affirms that it is possible to limit the land, sea and air forces which are permanently maintained in peacetime by various countries or which are capable of immediate use without preliminary mobilization measures. This principle is enunciated without prejudice...
...When I first went to Europe people everywhere were interested in the United States. They thought of America as a way out of the poverty and misery in which they were living." She appealed for more lenient immigration laws to restore the lost illusion of the Land of Promise, to put an end to the "inhumane separation of families...