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...before war broke out, was the only American holding a fellowship to reach England. His ship, loaded with contraband, heard an S. O. S. every day of the trip and was stopped by the British Navy for inspection the day of the Athenia disaster. Steering a zig-zag course across the Atlantic, the Dutch boat almost met disaster by following a Belgian ship in the English Channel. The Belgian ship, a half hour ahead on the same course, struck a mine off Plymouth and was blown to bits...
...stopped growing when he was 14. His noble father, Count Alphonse, who was interested mainly in falcons and thoroughbred horses, promptly lost interest in Henri. Among the best things in Gerstle Mack's book are excerpts from young Lautrec's whimsical convalescent letters, a quaint "Zig Zag Journal'1 he kept at 16, his first sassy comments on art exhibitions in Paris. But as Lautrec became mature and bitterly familiar with his deformity, the pleasures of cafe conversation took the place of writing. This made things difficult for his biographer...
...point rise in the industrial average since May 31 encouraged a bullish hope that ripples might top previous crests of 121 for the industrials, 23.5 for the rails, thus show the current wave to be coming in. This week's Rhea letter said that every upward zig-zag step, if confirmed by both averages, would be bullish, but a downward zigzag prior to penetration of 121 and 23.5 would mean danger...
...broad track for two miles, then cached snowshoes and skis and began to hike. At a chute near a crag called Crater Rock, they affixed crampons (spikes) to their boots to insure their footing on ice. Split into three strings, they followed two trailbreakers, cutting steps ahead, up Zig Zag draw to the west of Crater Rock, to within 50 feet of the top ridge...
...campaign, he dated himself up for a series of speeches that would take him from the Statue of Liberty to his polling place at Hyde Park by way of Wilkes-Barre. Harrisburg, Camden, Wilmington, Washington, Brooklyn. Madison Square Garden and a microphone in Poughkeepsie. Only sense in this zig-zag itinerary was that it would take him through a maximum number of places where the New Deal needed votes...