Word: region
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...contingent became more and more aware of the immensity of the parade, its exuberance increased, until by the time Washington Street had been reached the enthusiasm seemed liable to overreach accepted bounds. The streets in this region were lined five and six deep with onlookers on both sidewalks. But not all were of the same allegiance as the marchers. Pictures of Alfred E. Smith were to be seen in abundance, and as many shrieks endorsed that name as that of the Republican candidate...
Guides for the cavern region of the Lost River Reservation in New Hampshire have been used by the Forestry department for nearly six years. Life guards and unusually strong students to help in carrying invalids in hospitals are supplied through the office. One of the steady demands is for donors in blood transfusions at hospitals near Cambridge...
...here of the Hudson was seized upon by Revolutionary military leaders as the logical place to hinder hostile passage of the river; and the long, tragic interlude of Arnold and Andre, with the failure of the British campaign treacherously supported by them, is interwoven with the importance of this region in the war. The close of the Revolution brought recommendations for the continuance of an army training post here; a Military Academy had been suggested as early as 1776, and now, after the endless delays that infected legislation even in those days, Congress set about following the plans of American...
Having reached that dubious region buried in the gloom beneath the piers and buttresses of Manhattan Bridge the abused seamen dropped anchor in a more dubious appearing rendezvous already filled with many of their fellows. Being likewise thirsty their shadow followed. The newcomers were greeted variously. As they made their way into the group subtle, inference and thinly yelled insult were cast in their direction. The crew of a flag-ship always has a lot to live down. The badinage became more irritating; the rebuttal more spirited. Finally some intrepid soul had the temerity to observe that the crew...
...began with a rehearsal of Tennes¬see's pioneer times, telling how his great-great- grandfather started West from that region. He rehearsed the industrial prog¬ress of the so-called New South within the seven and one-half years of the pres¬ent Administration, citing increases in crops, automobiles, telephones, life insurrance, etc. etc., and reminding the South that the Commerce Department's southern branch offices had been increased from three in 1920 to 29 now. He said he was sure the South would agree that a change in the Government's policies "can bring only distress and disaster...