Word: landed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...before the mast at fourteen, and captain of a fisherman at twenty, mate of a whaling ship at twenty-six, and master at thirty. For twenty years this rugged "toiler of the sea" chased the whale south to the Falkland in the Antarctic Ocean and north to the Banks Land in the Arctic following a course traced out upon no chart, avoiding shoals marked by no buoys, and all the time surrounded by countless dangers...
...first game for the M. I. T. team but it will be only the second time the squad has had practice on ice. The new rink on Technology Field was successfully flooded for the first time yesterday afternoon so that up till then all the practice had been on land...
Today the sappers burrow from the front trench under No Man's Land and blow up the enemy trench with high explosives...
...back to a hill which lies on the outskirts of the town. In the slope of this hill, practically on the axis of the avenue, there is a spring near which there was signed a treaty between the first inhabitants of the town and the Indians, by which the lands of the town were acquired by the white men. This spring and the land about it has been in private possession for many years and the land is still well forested and much in its original state. The present owner wishes to donate to the town a portion of this...
...between the two nations. Because in recent years his sympathies were not akin to those held by most of us, his utterances have not had as favorable a reception as was formerly the case. However, we must admire and respect the spirit, prompted by natural devotion to his native land, which made Professor Muensterberg speak according to his sincere convictions. The New York Times says that his last public message was one of good cheer wherein he indicated his belief that peace was near at hand...