Word: landed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Addressing the House of Commons on July 4, 1922, the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill profoundly said that "Pinchas Rutenberg's character may not be one which would in every respect compare with those of people who have been fortunate enough to live their lives in this well-ordered land [England...
Immediately, ayes and nays were heard throughout the land. Said Walter Eckersall, former great quarterback: "One of the worst things ever done to the game." Said Dr. Forrest C. Allen, Kansas University athletic director: "It is a good rule." The pros listed among their number Dr. Clarence Wiley Spears (Minnesota), Ossie Solem (Drake), Tad Jones (Yale), Cleo O'Donnell (Holy Cross), Ira Rodgers (West Virginia), Bob Zuppke (Illinois). The cons included Amos Alonzo Stagg (Chicago), Dick Hanley (Northwestern), Glenn Thistlethwaite (Wisconsin), Dr. Frank W. Cavanaugh (Fordham...
Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd, last week, and for the first time since he came to fame, made public tribute to his wife. It was 14 years and a month after they were married. He, in Antarctica, had just flown over and claimed for the U. S. unknown land in the Pacific Quadrant* of the continent, between his base on Ross Sea and Sir George Hubert Wilkins' base on Weddell Sea. The region is south of the long-known Alexandra Mountains and the Byrd-discovered Rockefeller mountains, a great stretch of rumpled iciness...
When Byrd returned to Little America, his base, he was meditative. Finally he said: "I have named this land after the best sport and noblest person I know, one who has borne the brunt of all my adventures and to whom the credit belongs for anything I may have accomplished. This new land will be Marie Byrd Land...
...offer to buy the land which has been the traditional headquarters for the Crimson crews for many years, was also made to University authorities, and accepted by them. In addition to this 14 acres of land, the lease for which runs out next year, the graduates have bought 11 more acres...