Word: trip
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...early 90's he competed for the contract to build the first Government submarine. A rival won the award, but in 1897 Mr. Lake launched the Argonaut, first submersible to operate successfully in the open sea. Speaking on the development of the submarine, he once said : "My first trip was in the Argonaut down Chesapeake Bay. Night was coming on and we de cided to come to the surface...
...carried provided parcels do not exceed 50 pounds in weight and 48 inches in girth. Rates are: eight cents an ounce for any one zone (the three zones being between New York and Chicago, Chicago and Cheyenne, Cheyenne and San Francisco) and 24 cents an ounce for the entire trip. It will be a deep source of chagrin to stamp collectors that no special stamps will be issued. The westward voyage will require 34 hours and 45 minutes, the eastward trip 32 hours and 5 minutes. The discrepancy is due partly to helpful winds on the return trip, partly...
...Eskimos. Nothing has been heard from them since, and Lomen will discover whether they have survived or whether they met the fate of the first luckless colonists. Besides this altruistic motive, Lomen has the inducement of obtaining Stefansson's share in the Wells party's fur catch. A trip to Australia prevents Stefansson from going himself...
...wails Jeritza, "how many times did I wish he were holding a sack of flour instead of myself! He had muscles like ridged steel. Resting on them was about as comfortable as lying on a pile of steel bars. I used to dread that fourth act like a trip to the dentist." There was also Leo Slezak, who "is very stout; 'I always like to work with you,' he often told me, 'because you are so thin I can actually embrace you on the stage when an embrace is in order. I cannot embrace stout prime donne...
...vessel's powers, another heavy fog was encountered on the way back over Trenton. The ship lost her bearings for a short time, sailed out some four miles to sea, but recovered her course shortly afterwards and reached Lakehurst in the early morning, having made a round trip of 1,000 miles in something under 24 hours...