Word: walked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...International Red Cross. Somebody, French or Italian, had evidently reached the ear of Swiss Max Huber, president of the International Red Cross, which suddenly refused to present its evidence to the League of Nations' Committee of Thirteen. In a pouring rain Anthony Eden went for a long walk in Geneva's Mon Repos Park, stood for a long while looking at the grey waters of the lake...
...facts stand, Michelson does not appear to have put on any dangerous dictatorial powers or attempted to club the press into abolishing Lawrence and his column. But the incident gains significance as an example of the fear in which the men who oppose the Administration walk. Lawrence's outburst sounds like the premature cry of a threatened child, but in a genuinely democratic country governmental officials should stand in danger of losing their jobs when they take so uncompromising and menacing an attitude as Michelson has adopted toward his critics...
...been chosen for these positions will make every effort to be present and assist in making the celebration as smooth-running and enjoyable as possible. It can be safely forecast that this event, attended as it will be by hundreds of the most distinguished leaders in every field and walk of life and by many more thousand visitors and graduates will be among the most memorable occasions in the history of Harvard...
Another argument advanced by waiters is that they do sufficient exercise in the process of serving meals; a calculation shows that waiters walk 20 miles and lift 10 foot-tons per week. According to Dr. Bock, however, this is the wrong type of exercise, and does not supply the mental and nervous relaxation which is one of the principal objects of the requirement. Further, the present program offers "expert guidance by coaches in developing bodily skills, opens avenues for wider acquaintances, and fosters the spirit of cooperation...
...reasons unknown to medicine, the bleeding diminished, finally ceased. Fortnight ago his doctors told the Count that their measures had not cured him permanently but assured him that he was well enough to travel. With his right foot in an enormous boot and two canes to help him walk, the famed hemophiliac reached Manhattan last week, proceeded to the St. Moritz Hotel, where last November he had signed "Conde de Covadonga y Condesa." Last week he signed simply "Alfonso de Borbon," made reservations for at least a month's stay...