Word: thrilled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Gentle, grey-haired, looking somewhat older than his 57 years, Dr. Kimball was literally "overwhelmed," moved nearly to tears by the demonstration. He made a speech reviewing the critical stages of the flights he had helped to prepare "partly for the thrill I get out of them." Also he said: "A greatly improved weather map is sorely needed [before scheduled trans-Atlantic flight can be considered]. Inadequacy of information, not unsatisfactory weather, is often the reason for postponed flights. Unknown weather is bad weather when the only hope of success lies in full recognition of all hazards, including weather...
...Davis, His Majesty bestowed the Grand Cordon of the Royal Order. Stiff little women in pearl-encrusted cloth-of-gold performed a royal ballet. Then the Davis party motored on to Siam, lamenting perhaps that U. S. Colonial policy does not permit the existence of genial kings who could thrill distinguished visitors by conferring on them whatnots...
...Hostesses serve cocktails, not only to whet the appetites of their guests, but to insure the dinner being lively. But people are forgetting the biggest thrill in life. If we want to be lifted out of the commonplace and monotonous we should help to put over the Kingdom of God. He holds a monopoly on thrills for us, in working out His eternal concepts...
...purposes are to explore the Arctic Ocean floor, to study Arctic currents, temperatures, flora & fauna, to make meteorological observations, to search for an island or stationary ice floe where a weather station might be built, and to thrill Hearstpaper readers. He has radio receiving and sending equipment in the ship, will steadily report the minutiae of his progress, just as the world cruise of Dr. Hugo Eckener's* Graf Zeppelin were reported by him. Lady Grace Drummond Hay and Karl von Wiegand...
Joyrides in the Graf Zeppelin have been only for thrill-hunters of the economic calibre of William B. Leeds. The Graf's transatlantic fare last year was $2.000 to Spain, $2,250 to Germany. Last week Hamburg-American line, agent for Liftschiffbau Zeppelin announced "Zep rides for everybody" for next summer. Four-hour flights from Friedrichshafen over either Lake Lucerne, the Black Forest or the Tyrol will cost about $36 per passenger, provided 30 to 35 passengers participate. Longer, costlier flights are also scheduled...