Word: sea
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Navy were larger than those of any other navy in the world. Admiral Hughes well upholds the average, being able to look down upon all men who are only six feet in height. Blue-eyed, ruddy-faced, bushy-mustached, he looks the sea-dog's part, is brave and modest, has been termed a "huge, friendly fire-eater." As Commander of the U. S. S. New York he received the Distinguished Service Medal for "exceptionally meritorious service" with the British Grand Fleet in the North Seas. In 1918 hs became Rear Admiral; in 1925 he was made Commander...
...been exaggerated by a Nationwide, sensation-seeking press. Newspapers were accused of having published pictures of New Orleans streets, flooded by rain, of labeling these pictures as "Mississippi flood scenes." Nevertheless, citizens of New Orleans waited tensely as the flood crest, slow as a snail but powerful as the sea, moved closer to their city...
...thousand feet above sea level, in La Paz, "Highest Capital in the World," President Hernando Siles of Bolivia was last week insulted...
...With the fruits of my journey I am completely satisfied. I went to Rome primarily for the twofold purpose of obtaining an outlet to the sea at Fiume for Hungary and to conclude a treaty of friendship with Italy. Before undertaking the trip I already had received assurance from the Government of Jugoslavia that no hindrance would be placed on Hungarian goods enroute across Jugoslavia to Fiume. Naturally the agreements arrived at upon this point and supplementing our new treaty of friendship with Italy are only the foundation and framework of a system of friendly cooperation the details of which...
...despatch was from Capt. George Hubert Wilkins, black-bearded Australian soldier of fortune, and his sky pilot, Carl Ben Eielson, saying they had crawled safely off the Polar Sea after 17 days and nights of discomfort...