Word: surrounding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...year Zenzinov went with the village hunters on their annual wild-goose chase to the Arctic Ocean. In the summer when they are moulting, wild geese cannot fly. Siberian goose-hunters surround a moulting flock in their canoes, maneuver them into a low enclosure on the land, jump in and wring their necks. The carcasses are buried on the spot; when winter comes they are dug up, fed to the dogs...
...Balmoral, her Scotch estate. Great Victoria liked to surround herself with just such big weatherbeaten Scotsmen as Captain Robert Gilmore ("Jock") Latta of the Empress of Britain. Twenty-seven years ago, "Jock" Latta joined the Canadian Pacific fleet as fourth officer of the S. S. Montezuma, 8,360 tons, 480 ft. long, speed 9 ¾ knots. His twelfth and biggest command is the Empress of Britain, 42,500 tons, 758 ft. long, speed 25.3 knots. On her maiden voyage to Quebec she broke the Britain-to-Canada record, crossing in 5 days, 5 hr., 40 min. With other ships...
...before it can come to fruition. There fore, in practice, the conduct of foreign affairs takes on something of a juridical character, in that the persons concerned must endeavor to settle cases as they arise, considering both precedent and expediency in the light of the new conditions which may surround the problem at the moment of decision. All the rest of the diplomatist's occupation is only incident to enabling him, in urgent cases, to act promptly and wisely with the interest of his own Government, and the necessity for maintaining friendly relations with the Government to which...
...means. First, it means keeping yourself in sound physical and mental condition which is impossible if you yield to dissipation; second, it means dogged persistence in the face of what appear to be insuperable difficulties; third, it means that you must deny yourself many of the thousand opportunities which surround you in a rich and pleasure-loving age such as ours...
...Detroit since he left Florida last March, Henry Ford last week had much to occupy his mind. His home life is happy. He has a son, four grandchildren: Henry Ford II, 13; Edsel Ford Jr., 11; Josephine Ford, 8; William Clay Ford, 6. He has used his money to surround himself with those things he likes. Yet Depression has not spared him. Ford sales are running about 50% lower than last year. In addition, there is every indication that the great Chevrolet v. Ford battle is more intense than ever with Chevrolet in the lead. There have been rumors that...