Word: mightly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...could. Secretary of War James William Good last week might have charged out into a grassy field just below New Orleans, waved his Arms wildly, uttered loud noises from his throat. This he might have done to rout a herd of cows complacently grazing over the site of one of the few U.S. victories in the War of 1812. But as decorous conduct is expected of the Secretary of War, and as he was hundreds of miles from New Orleans, Mr. Good had to content himself with drafting a bill and forwarding it to the House Military Affairs Committee providing...
...Chaim Weizmann, shrewd president of the World Zionist Organization. After an interview with Minister of Colonies and Mandates Baron Passfield (famed in his former style as Economist Sidney Webb), Dr. Weizmann gave correspondents to understand that the Cabinet would continue sternest measures to restore peace in Palestine, and might even dismiss Acting High Commissioner Harry Charles Luke, whom Zionists regard as chiefly responsible for allowing the situation to get out of hand. Subsequent intimations by Lord Passfield that Mr. Luke would not be dismissed did not alter the fact that the Acting High Commissioner had been superseded in authority...
...that parents, moralists, sociologists and legislators might know more about dance halls, the U. S. Children's Bureau* commissioned Ella Gardner, specialist, to compile a survey which was published last week. Facts now known about U. S. dance halls (gathered from 416 cities) include the following...
...would detach itself, fly about, return to the trapeze. The dirigibles which Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp. is preparing to build for the Navy at Akron will be fitted not only to carry planes similarly but also to haul them into her hull. Values of the procedure are: in war, dirigibles might carry swift planes to scenes of action; after sortie the planes could return to the mother ship for fuel, ammunition, sleep for the pilot. In commerce similar refueling possibilities might be valuable. Planes could make ground deliveries from the airship, later catching up with her in her flight, bringing...
...discussion was a California-Hawaii line served by two dirigibles which Goodyear-Zeppelin might construct after delivering their two Navy ships...