Word: rans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Millions of not-over-rich travelers have sat up all night when crossing France, rather than pay the exorbitant charge for First Class sleeping berths, there having been no seconds. Last week, for the first time, second class sleepers ran from Paris to the principal frontiers and to Marseilles. But in Scandinavia and Germany there are even third class sleepers, not yet to be found in France, Spain, Italy, Balkans. Citizens of the U. S. could have similarly cheap sleeps, en route, were they not democratically unwilling to lie down in a class inferior to "Pullman." Russians have got round...
When Nick F. wiggled off, the New York Times, whose city editor would not know about a race-track gambler, ran a confused story which spoke of Nick F. as "Nick the Greek." Nick the Greek (Nicholas Dandolas) is a gambler too but he seldom plays the horses. Craps, low ball, stud poker and faro are his specialties. Jack Dempsey's friend, he lost a hundred grand on the first Dempsey-Tunney fight. At last reports, Nick the Greek was alive and broke in Los Angeles...
Marathon. Won by El Ouafi of France, 2 hr., 32 min., 57 sec. This, the blue ribbon event of the Olympics is a race of 26 miles, 385 yards. El Ouafi is a spindle-legged, narrow-chested Algerian. He ran despatches for the French Government during the World War, now works in an automobile factory in Paris. He is 29, a vegetarian, drinks only milk and water. When the Marathon was three-fourths finished, he was just an obscure also-ran, jugging along in tenth place, eighth place. Suddenly word reached the stadium that a dark little man was passing...
...Atlantic at midnight . . . seemed impossible to put down safely in the dark on a burning seaplane which still had a ton overload. As I drew out of the dive I saw the glow reflected on the wave crests. I managed to put the machine down on one crest, ran down a hill of water, up the next hill, and just prevented the machine from shooting into the air off the next crest...
...into account. Frank H. Claret is captain of the Atlantic Transport liner Minnewaska. He is as jovial and popular a skipper as is to be found on the high seas. On his account, travelers who are connoisseurs of captains choose the Minnewaska. He was the youngest of 18 children, ran away to sea at the age of 13, and during his motley career has supervised the tiller of every sort of craft. But Captain Claret's capability, his geniality and prowess as a raconteur do not constitute a complete estimate of the man. There is linked with him some...