Word: seeing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Versailles of Venezuela" Sirs: Fancy how hurt we Maracayans were to see your map of South America in the Dec. 24 issue with never a mention of Maracay. You say "Caracas, city of perpetual spring and home of General Gomez." All wrong! Gomez, le Grand, never sets foot in Caracas, he lives, breathes and transacts all business right here in Maracay- the Versailles of Venezuela. And what's more. at least 60 of his 84 acknowledged children live in and round the town. He is the original bachelor father, as you may or may not know. AND the Reigning...
...proper spelling, of course, is URUGUAY, and the mistake is quite probably typographical. However, should the good Uruguayans see it, now that their interest is focused more than ever upon the United States because of Mr. Hoover's recent visit, they would certainly not feel complimented...
...Locke Wilbur's boys, Curtis Dwight and Ray Lyman?eight Iowa years during which the residents of little Boonesboro could foresee that Curtis Dwight Wilbur would grow to be a tall man with large hands, feet, ears and nose. Later, as younger Ray Lyman Wilbur grew up they could see that he, too, would be the "string bean" type. It also became apparent that, despite the years separating them, there was to be fraternal rivalry between the Wilbur boys for position in the world and prestige among...
...Debated the cruiser-construction bill (see below...
...Disagreed to the Senate amendments to the First Deficiency Appropriation bill and voted, 240 to 141, to send it to conference (see below...