Word: mishap
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...odious crime perpetrated upon the faithful Sirdar of my Army has profoundly affected me as well as all the members of my Government. I deeply regret that such a mishap should have befallen a high official of my Army, a man celebrated for his chivalrous character, high courage and great qualities, who has rendered such signal services to the Army...
...character cannot go by unnoticed the wit and cheer they spread in most trying circumstances. They had to drive their Ford coupe to Cambridge that night and, to be frank with you, Mr. Editor, I have been worried and concerned to know whether they reached home safely without mishap, and did not take pneumonia. I also hope no trouble came to them over their bottle. John A. C. Stevenson, Yale...
...Sophomore at the Yale Sheffield Scientific School, and a candidate for the crew manager-ship, was taken out to Belle Dock in the middle of the harbor early Tuesday afternoon by the crew launch to check the shells as they rounded the outer mark, and to see that no mishap occurred. After supper that evening some thoughtful person remembered that he had not been brought back. A search was started immediately, and at about 9 o'clock the faithful but gloomy candidate was found still sitting at his post...
...Miles. The ZR-3 reached Lakehurst, N. J., without a mishap, after a flight of 5,060 miles from Friedrichshafen in South Germany. She broke every record of distance and speed for airships of any type, from any country. For the first time, mail and freight from Berlin reached Manhattan in less than five days: messages of goodwill, a tabloid edition of the VÖssische Zeitung, a sack of 1,000 toys for Wanamaker's famed department store, a walking doll for Major Frank M. Kennedy's little daughter...
...Arctic." Polar exploration is not what it used to be, he laments, and he is going to quit. Modern inventions, safety and comfort have lessened the joy of the venturesome explorer and it is now a humdrum sort of job. Stefansson believes the Shenandoah will attain her goal without mishap...