Word: trip
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Hubbard arrived in New York last week on the Homeric. He had expected to be back at college by the beginning of October in order to join the football coaching staff but delays in his rail trip back to Cape Town from Portuguese East Africa held him up. He stated that the transportation from Cape Town up the East Coast, a distance of 2000 miles, was so slow and primitively organized as to preclude his remaining with his brother more than a week. The rest of the summer was spent on route...
While he is away on a trip, however, his mother wisely rents the cottage to Professor Coe and his son and (would you believe it?) a daughter. His rage at their refusal to vacate is far from gentlemanly...
...Ithaca team Captain Cook, Bowdish, Chestnut, and Baman have been starring in the past games. Only three on this year's team are letter men, but 10 of the men making the Cambridge trip will be back next year...
...Came Secretary of the Navy Wilbur escorting Dr. Hugo Eckener and other ranking members of the crew of the ZR-3. The President hoped they had had a pleasant trip, recalled a telegram he had sent Dr. Eckener at Lakehurst, N.J., in which he had said: "I congratulate you ... I hope that your stay in the United States will be enjoyable and that the notable services you have rendered in bringing over this airship will be a matter of satisfaction and pride to you throughout your life...
Monotony, Comfort. What did the U. S. observers on board think of their trip? They were Major Kennedy for the Army, Captain Steele, Commander Klein and Commander Kraus for the Navy. "Monotonous and comfortable!" said they. They were not seasick. There was no dirt or dust. They played cards. They listened to concerts by radio. They slept soundly. They ate mock-turtle soup and Hungarian goulash with fresh vegetables. They were very lonesome without a cigarette. They missed a little water for washing and they?upon arrival?did not like their wives and friends to see their unsightly three days...