Word: travelling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...This part was not his feat of discovering Stevens Pass through the Cascade Mountains for the Great Northern R. R., or any part of his pioneer work for the Canadian Pacific R. R., or any of his experiences as chief of the War-time board to improve trans-Siberian travel. His talk was about the Panama Canal, of which President Taft named him the "father" for his. services as its presiding genius from 1905 to 1907. And there was good reason for Mr. Stevens to talk about the Panama Canal. Last winter he quietly went down to Panama...
...scarcely a "discovery" in any scientific sense. But it was a theory of much originality. Briefly, the theory was this: that traveling in the direction of the earth's rotation, i.e. eastward, is salubrious; and conversely, westward travel is depressing. Count Tolstoi secured many a traveler's testimonial to bear out his generalization...
...When one goes from west to east one is lifted by the action of the earth itself. When he travels from east to west the very action of the earth pulls him down, depresses him. And?here is a bold, statement?I do not believe that Newton was right in describing the force which pulls us down as gravitation. I believe it is nothing but the centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the earth. If we could travel fast enough from west to east we would be able to overcome that pull...
...great to be an Optimist. I travel all over America and in every city where there is an Optimist club I am made a guest of honor. I never get unpacked in my hotel until the telephone begins to ring and the invitations come pouring in. Am I hungry? Am I tired? Am I thirsty? Am I in need of anything? Do I want an automobile? Will I come to a banquet? Will I take a drive about the city? Every Optimist is ready and eager to serve the stranger in a strange city."?George O. Griffin...
...light year equals approximately 5,765,696,000,000 miles-the distance light can travel through air in one year...