Word: snow
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...while attempting to dock the Los Angeles at Lakehurst, a snow squall whipped the ship up 500 ft., jerked eight men with her. All were pulled aboard. But not pulled aboard last year was Mascot Tige, nine-month-old bullpup. Always eager to aid the ground crew of Navy blimp J3, Mascot Tige clamped his teeth in a line as the blimp rose, relaxed his jaws at 400 ft., plummeted to his death (TIME...
...native of Nelson and saw him innumerable times and this is not a fish story.) Where he came from was a mystery, as no fish remotely resembling him were ever found in that vicinity. But he was apparently of the dolphin family, about 20 ft. long and snow-white-a friendly soul who for lack of companions of his own species had "struck up a friendship" with steamers. As the daily boat entered the Pass he would come rushing alongside and swish delightedly back & forth in front of the ship and rub himself along the sides, while tourists hung over...
Into raptures went the Press: ". . . superb situation . . . uninterrupted view of snow-clad Mount Blanc ... on the other side, from a terrace, one looks down on Lake Leman...
...Simon's chief service to the Empire since the War was rendered during Britain's General Strike. . . ." (TIME, March 21.) Why not Subject Simon? I have harbored the belief for many years that an Englishman was a subject-not a citizen. Which wins? F. S. WINCHESTER SR. Snow Hill, Md. Sir John Simon is both citizen & subject. "Subject" denotes personal allegiance, properly is applied to citizens of monarchical or conquering states. "Citizen," more democratic, implies rights as well as duties.-ED. Doyle's Favorite Sirs...
...picture might have been great had its characterization been more carefully attended to, but it has quite enough to recommend it. Tala Birell, a Viennese who played with Max Reinhardt in Berlin, is competent in her role as Florian's wife. Good shot: a night barrage upon the snow-covered mountain...