Word: midnight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...easternmost shoulder of South America. There must be enough fuel left, for the glory of Fascismo. Commander de Pinedo circled the island, so that he might know it well, then flew ahead. He had been flying since an African moon flooded Porto Praya in the Cape Verde Islands the midnight before. Off the coast of Brazil the South Atlantic looked angry. The seas became swaying mountains. Fascismo is brave but not foolhardy. If one should have to land now, all glory would be drowned. Commander De Pinedo swung back to Fernando Noronha to spend the night. A rough landing necessitated...
...body and soul into bondage. From the first day, the shades of the prison house on 14 Plympton Street infold him, and for the remainder of his candidacy, he is seen no more by his roommates, save in the early morning hours, when he crashes out to record his midnight inspirations in the scoop book, and late at night when he staggers back with dishevelled half and ink stained fingers after the last sheet of copy has dropped into the insatiable basket. During the interviewing period, rumor has it, he spends his time dashing from University Hall, to Soldiers Field...
Record Low. For the first time in the 81-year long history of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway its directors declared a dividend of only 1½% last week. Cause: disastrous industrial depression resulting from the British coal strike (TIME, May 10 to Nov. 29). Midnight Visitor. At a maternity hospital in London's slummy East End the lights were snapped on suddenly one midnight last week, and 48 recent mothers blinked sleepy, startled eyes. Then they huddled bed clothes around themselves, sat up and simpered at Edward of Wales. He, restless, hurried on to visit half a dozen...
...refused to make a night call on the dying woman. He, 61, had for years been trying to reduce the numbers of such night calls. They were arduous; really, few people got sick without warning; this woman would be all right until morning; an excited, clamorous family. . . . Shortly after midnight of the wake, the son, mumbling now, arose with purpose. Two men friends went with him out of the room. Forty-five minutes later they returned in silent righteousness. Wake talk grew warily discursive. Next morning Dr. Sante's body was found huddled in his office, ripped...
...piece of paper that he wanted to "find out how things are over there," and killed himself with a revolver. Members of his fraternity (Delta Kappa Epsilon) sat up two nights waiting in vain for a spirit message. Student Noe had promised: "I'll be back at midnight...