Word: walks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...those who came in contact with him. An enquirer, struck with the man's knowledge, would often terminate a brief conversation by politely asking for his position and name. "Inspector of the Secret Police, Comte de Ségalai," he would answer. And the enquiring visitor would walk away, more than ever impressed...
...righteousness. My second duty, then, is to convey to you, and through you to the American people, the humble assurance that we who endeavor to follow Nichiren will do all in our power to convince our countrymen that the way to set American-Japanese relations aright is to walk in the footsteps of the Great Saint...
Final Day. Ugo Frigerio, Italian pedestrian, strode in from the 10,000-metre walk with his country's first score. Osborne of America took the decathlon with a world's record point total. Clarence Houser's discus hurtled and ten more points were chalked up for the U. S. Four U. S. quarter-milers broke the world's 1,600-metre relay mark and four U. S. sprinters the 400-metre relay mark-20 more points. Nurmi, Ritola and their Finnish friends were not pressed for the 3,000-metre relay...
...that she vows she will marry him, come to live in the cage with him. But the authorities, it appears, have already decided that in the contingency of his marrying, he will automatically be freed from his contract. So the doors of his cage are unlocked and the lovers walk out together. It is to be assumed that Keeper Collins gets his Gibbon back safely and that peace reigns once more over the Ape-House...
...hundred feet nearer the summit than the record of the 1922 expedition (27,250 feet).* There was no official communique from Colonel Norton, but his last one, written on May 26 in collaboration with Mallory himself, said: "The issue will shortly be decided. The third time we walk up East Rongbuk glacier will be the last, for better or worse." All other members of the party were reported safe. But the 1924 expedition was over...