Word: rodes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...black garb and silver chain ofj his churchly office, he cut a figure unique among modern statesmen. He impressed London hostesses by his great appetite for oriental pilaff (his aides cornered the dwindling London rice stocks), his fine Greek cigarets, the quantities of boiling Turkish coffee he consumed. He rode majestically through London's streets in a Rolls-Royce provided by the British Government. Finally, again by air, he had flown off to Paris and a royal Gallic welcome. Then, tired and rather wan, he had once more stepped into a plane and returned to Athens and his troubled...
Last Chance. But last week Joe Kennedy seemed to have his old zest again. In a midnight blue Chrysler, he rode like a Paul Revere through the textile, shoe and machinery-producing towns in Middlesex, Essex, and Berkshire counties. All the way from Greenfield to Salem, in some 30 speeches within ten days, he spread the alarm...
Dead End. In San Diego, James Grumpier rode to the end of a streetcar line, robbed the motorman, escaped, was caught when he boarded the same car to return to town...
...Queen in a turquoise blue suit with feathered hat to match-smiled and bowed toward the tumult. Ahead of the postilions, a State Guard of Household Cavalry clop-clopped proudly. Escorted by motorcycle outriders, the Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office, Lieut. Colonel Sir Terence Nugent, rode clasping a suitcase in which rested the Imperial Crown. Not since World War II began had the jewel-studded emblem left its sanctuary to be displayed...
...theme proved popular, Street & Smith rode it to death. There were 400 volumes about Buffalo Bill, 1,000 about Frank Merriwell. Grammer wishes he knew how many different books and magazines S. & S. has put out. Some old hands estimate it as over 10,000 titles...