Word: mauretania
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Gene Tunney, boarding the Mauretania, was beleaguered by flashlight troops, newsgatherers. Said he to them, "No questions, hear? There are 30 of you here and each would ask about 80 questions. That makes, uh, 2,400 questions." Said they to him, "When are you coming back?" He snapped, "No questions, I said." He declared he would not consider going into any business until he returns from Europe, refreshed and mentally regarnished by a Continental tramp with Novelist Thornton Niven Wilder...
...denying the occurrence of sea marvels-such as "worst storms," "first whales of the season" or "largest icebergs"-with intent to cause the names of their ships to appear in public prints. Indulgent pressmen did not mind printing the ships which went a-Gulf-Streaming last week: Homeric & Majestic, Mauretania and Columbus...
...flag I have was his personal flag. One of the last orders he issued was that it be given to me, for he knew I was to succeed him on his retirement. My coming here as commodore is not entirely a happy occasion." Rostron also lamented the Mauretania, his former command. Three German-built liners are now flagships for three steamship lines flying colors that fought Germany ten years ago: The Leviathan (Vaterland) United States Line; the Majestic (Bismarck)-White Star line; the Berengaria (Imperator)-Cunard Line. The past week saw all three simultaneously present in New York harbor...
Jose R. Capablanca, onetime world chsss champion, left by the Mauretania, predicted gloomily that in 15 years the game of chess will be exhausted, every combination of moves will be known even to amateurs. But he has a plan. Use a larger board, two additional pieces, four players. Mme. Halide Edib, Oriental feminist, sergeant in the Turkish army, once sentenced to death by a Sultan, arrived on the Aquitania, to address the Williamstown (Mass.) Institute of Politics. No Sultan-10ver, Mme. Halide divulged secrets of the Turkish harems, permitted herself a social slur: "The better class of Turks never practiced...
Henry John Sinclair, oiler, came by the Mauretania. Oiler Sinclair, 21, is also 2nd Baron Pentland, grandson of the Marquess of Aberdeen, not to be confused with Oilman Harry Ford Sinclair. Like Oilman Sinclair, Oiler Sinclair avoids cricket. Unlike Oilman Sinclair, Oiler Sinclair enjoys crossing the Atlantic in the engine room of a liner. Observed Lord Pentland, democratically: "I found the crew ... a fine lot of men." After lavishing $3.95 upon Manhattan gayeties ($3.85 for a theatre ticket, 10? for subway fare), he returned on the Mauretania to Frognal End, Frognal Gardens, Hampstead, N.W.3., London, England...