Word: pelican
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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British Publisher Allen Lane, whose sixpenny paperbound Penguin and Pelican have flooded British newsstands and brought him a fortune, left London for India, Burma and Siam. Purpose: to investigate the possibilities of publishing paper-covered books in Basic English (850 words which "do all the work of 20,000") for use East of Suez...
Originally called pelota (ball) and played with the bare hand against church walls in the Basque country three centuries ago, the game gradually evolved until three concrete walls were used instead of one, and a cesta (wicker basket shaped like a pelican's lower bill) was strapped onto the wrist to protect the hand from the sting of the fast-moving little pelota (hard as a golf ball and a little smaller than a baseball). Cubans imported the sport in 1900, called it jai alai for no other reason than that it was played at an arena in Havana...
...birds was the Pelicanus Americanus (American White Pelican), an ugly creature with a long double chin; the other was the Phoenicopterus Ruber (American Flamingo), a crimson-colored monstrosity with a long hose-like neck...
...some of the industries which Long laws drove away and by the Court decision he could help to reassure them without offending the gullible electorate which still worships the murdered Huey. Whatever the explanation, it was undeniable that the dead hand of Long was losing its grip on the Pelican State...
...acres at a reported price of $10,000,000, and Gulf Oil is reputedly dickering for half of that for $6,000,000. Other companies with large acreage include Texas Corp., Philips Petroleum, American Liberty Oil Co., Cities Service's Arkansas Natural Gas, Lion Oil Refining Co. and Pelican...