Word: zebulon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...article about Lieut. Zebulon Montgomery Pike [TIME, May 10], you state: "Pike predicted that the summit would never be reached by man. But 14 years later it was scaled (by someone else); in 1835 it was recorded on a map as Pikes Peak...
...Lieut. Zebulon Montgomery Pike, leading an expedition through Louisiana Territory, saw in the distance a mountain like "a small blue cloud" rising abruptly from the plains. Pike led three cheers for what he thought were the "Mexican Mountains," and set out a few days later toward the snow-covered summit. Poorly provisioned and clothed, his party was forced to turn back by a roaring blizzard. Pike predicted that the summit would never be reached by man. But 14 years later it was scaled (by someone else); in 1835 it was recorded on a map as Pikes Peak...
...Marxists all over the world . . . naturally tend to arrive at similar conclusions," observed U.S. Communist Party Boss William Zebulon Foster. It was his reply to the New York Herald Tribune's question: Had he ever as party head differed with statements from Russia? Other questions & answers: Is the party loyal to the U.S. Constitution? "Yes. Our party is an ardent defender of the limited democracy that we have. . . ."Does the party advocate forcible overthrow of the Government? "The danger of violence . . . always comes from reactionary elements...
...York, present Communist Boss William Zebulon Foster (no chess fan) was as jumpy as Browder was calm. He issued a statement that the capitalists' "wild orgies of speculation" about a possible Kremlin strategy shift were all nonsense. Foster would continue to battle "Browderism" in order to "pursue a correct Marxist policy...
When the 7,933-ton Zebulon Vance left Le Havre on May 7 with 369 G.I. brides and 57 children, a port commander said the ship was "in excellent condition." Two physical checkups had certified that the G.I. babies were in "good health." Since the Zebulon Vance was sailing 40 under capacity, there were hopes of a reasonably comfortable crossing. After many a tearful Gallic farewell, the brides settled down to what should have been the happiest voyage of their lives...