Word: swedishly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Minnesota: "Ignoring the Constitution of the U. S., which declares that no foreign-born citizen shall become President, I declared in a speech at Washington that I was 'seriously thinking of running for the Presidency.' It was later pointed out that I was born in Sweden of Swedish parents...
Despatches from Chicago last week claimed that Calvin S. Page, of that city, had been nominated for the Nobel Physics prize of 1924. His book, Rex, the Life Atom* has been selected, it is said, by the Swedish Royal Academy of Science as "the best book of the year in the scientific world"-a rather extravagant tribute. A letter from the nominating committee praised the logical development of the theories, which, if generally accepted, will revolutionize scientific thought. Nomination for the Nobel prize is not always equivalent to the award, and it is unusual for any announcements to be made...
Kinangonzi was played for the first time at Stockholm. The theatre was crowded with a distinguished audience, including the Swedish Royal Family and the whole Diplomatic Corps...
...enjoyment of life. Probably not every undergraduate can become state champion, but those who learn squash while the facilities and time are offered can look forward to an existence not entirely grey. For they will have at their command a form of physical relaxation somewhat more entertaining than the Swedish drill, Indian clubs, and medicine balls of their ancestors...
Vidar Jernberg, Swedish chemical engineer, makes thick and plentiful fogs with a two-foot machine, of value both in warfare and in agriculture. His "smoke buoy", when dropped upon the water, starts producing 35,000 cubic metres of smoke a minute, hiding objects 30 ft. away. The "smoke projector", for land work, generates fog much faster. Several European navies are now using his methods. Their pacific value lies in spreading smoke blankets over orchards, gardens and fields to prevent the ravages of frost. Radiation from the ground is checked...