Word: roughnesses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When Miss Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., was captured by the Chinese bandits she managed to hide her jewelry (valued at $50,000) in the ground. When released and returned to Peking, she drew from memory a rough map of the place. A search was organized and the jewels were finally discovered by " Boy No. 1" of the Standard Oil Company. He received "an extremely substantial reward...
...Baldwin is a younger and presumably a stronger man than his predecessor--fortunately so, for there are rough waters ahead. The tide has been running strongly against the Conservatives in the bye-elections; the Labor Party is united and ably directed; Mr. Asquith and Mr. Lloyd-George add debating power and the voting strength of the Liberal Party to the opposition. And now apparently the selection of Mr. Baldwin has closed the door on reconciliation with "the lost leaders...
Coach Brown told the men before the start that the race would be over the Henley distinct unless the water was too rough, in which case the finish would come at the mile mark...
...water was so rough in the lower half of the Basin that all three crews were forced to pull up on shore and bale out before starting back to the boat-house...
...went the two leaders, veering more and more toward the Boston wall in order to escape the worst of the rough water. It was pretty clear now that the Freshmen had the race well in hand for at a 32 stroke they were able to gain on the University eight at 34. The strip of open water between rudder and prow of the two shells widened perceptibly as they neared the finish, and at the drop of the flag there was nearly 60 feet of it--a full two lengths' margin. Owing to the rough water the crews stopped rowing...