Word: wintered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...invest with a little more romance and heroism those thousands of our officers who are endeavoring to enforce the law. . . ." He also added, before taking train back to Washington: "I have no criticism to make of the American Press. I admire its independence and courage." ¶ Struggling into his winter overcoat, President Hoover last week went out and inaugurated Washington's baseball season at Griffith Stadium. Calmly he watched the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Washington Senators 13 to 4. With him and Mrs. Hoover were four members of the Cabinet: Secretaries Mellon, Good, Hyde, Davis...
...salmon swim up and down their rivers, saw small black-barred fish swim down to the sea every fall, scratched their heads without seeing any connection. One day the Duke of Buccleuch's gamekeeper had a suspicion. He caught some of the small black fish, kept them all winter in a pool, cried "I told you so " when they grew silvery salmon scales in the spring. The mystery was solved for Scotland and the rest of the civilized world. Amerindians and Eskimos had, of course, known the secret since Manitou walked on earth and talked...
...barren hill we were awakened at dawn by the fixed stares of about a dozen wild horses peering intently at us over the top. . . . We weren't in trim. We never keep in trim. We eat all the wrong things. I've gained 16 pounds this winter and do not mind at all. . . . Happiness consists in wanting to do the things you do. And knowing while you are doing it that you are enjoying...
...meeting held on Tuesday night, the Classical Club voted to produce a Roman comedy, in the original, during the winter of next year. It is likely that the play chosen for presentation will be "The Menaechmi" of Plautus...
...meeting of lettermen held yesterday afternoon, Ogden Phipps '31, of New York City, was elected captain of next year's squash team. He succeeds W. J. Iselin '29 leader and number one man on this winter's class A aggregation...