Word: land
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...exercise do not rush madly for any specific destination for this will not bring the mental freedom and poise which are absolutely essential for complete recovery. Amble along gently and if you get any place in particular keep on going. You can't tell where you may land...
...Prince, it was said, had come to the U. S. primarily to raise a fund to care for 3,000,000 Russian refugees until they can return to their native land. He came incidentally to sell his own jewels and recover two Rembrandts (TIME, Dec 24, ART) from Joseph E. Widener, Philadelphia plutocrat, against whom Felix has pending a lawsuit...
...Republic of Colombia was to receive gold to the extent of $10,000,000 and $250,000 a year rent for a strip of land covering the proposed canal route. At the last moment the Colombian Senate, undoubtedly hoping to get more money, refused to ratify the agreement with...
...hour or so, but as soon as is polite, they will walk right off the last page, through the back cover, and on with their own all-absorbing concerns. The style is bewilderingly and fascinatingly reminiscent of Conrad, Dickens (in the humorous passages especially), Flaubert, Tolstoi. Even through this land-story there throbs at times the surge of the sea and the pounding of his beloved ship-engines-for McFee is a seaman-author, ex-Chief Engineer of big passenger liners, and far too much in love with his surroundings ever to be wholly free from their touch...
...Gold medals of the Academy for 'distinguished scientific achievement were awarded to: Otto Sven Petterson, Sweden, for studies in the chemistry and physics of the sea; Arthur Stanley Eddington, Cambridge, Eng land, for his interpretation of the Einstein theory applied to astronomical problems; C. V. Ludwig Charlier, Sweden, for contributions to astronomy; Bashford Dean, Columbia, for his Biography of Fishes; William Morton Wheeler, Harvard, for his Ants of the American Museum Congo Expedition; Ferdinand Canu, Versailles, France, for his study of the North American Bryozoa (small marine animals). The medals to foreign scientists were received by their respective embassies...