Word: stops
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pamphleteer. He has connected argument for war-resistance with living, personal situations in a way that ought to bring them home to many who would read them in formal declarations only with a closed mind. The book will hold the interest of a large group of people who would stop on the second page of a systematic exposition. And the earnestness of the book and the convincing way in which it sets forth the author's point of view may lead some at least to the study of systematic expositions and to the careful weighing of alternatives which the importance...
...August 1867 a soldier came down with yellow fever. In a few days the fort was a raging pesthouse, isolated from the world. Gunboats were ordered away, ships were afraid to stop. When the fort physician died Dr. Mudd volunteered his services. Day & night in a hospital where the thermometer stood at 104 he worked heroically among delirious, vomiting patients. Men died by the score and were hastily dumped on nearby Bird Key. "No more respect is shown the dead," wrote Dr. Mudd, "than to the putrid remains of a dead...
Speeches might slow but could not stop the steamroller. To keep it going the President sent a message to the Capitol on conservation, to accompany the report of his National Resources Board. In it he said: "A permanent National Resources Board, toward the establishment of which we should be looking forward, would recommend yearly to the President and the Congress priority of projects in the national plan. This will give to the Congress, as is entirely proper, the final determination in relation to the projects and the appropriations involved...
...Janeiro, onetime Heavyweight Champion Primo Camera, 264 lb., fought Ervin Klausner, 202. In the sixth round, Fisticuffer Klausner begged his opponent to stop hitting him. The referee awarded the decision to Camera...
...inventing a flashlight, finding new uses in surgical instruments for small electric bulbs. At 20, struck with the idea of electricity for toy trains, he founded Lionel Corp., produced a locomotive, coach and caboose operated by a dry battery for $6. Today, 35 years later, Lionel electric trains start, stop and reverse by remote control. One of President Cowen's prides is the fat 400E, a standard (2¾ in.) "hog," which, with tender, measures 30½ inches and sells...