Word: tripping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...point Crouch told of taking a trip with a Communist named Harvey. "Well," joked Defense Attorney Vincent Hallinan, "maybe it was Harry Bridges you were riding with. Stand up Harry-let him have a good look at you." Harry Bridges slouched amiably to his feet. "No," said Crouch, "he was heavier built...
...China's pudgy Mao Tse-tung had made the long trip from Peking to Moscow to pay fealty to Joseph Stalin. A Soviet diplomatic mission met Mao at the Manchurian border, put him on the Trans-Siberian railway, escorted him all the way to Moscow (ten days, some 3,500 miles). So far as is known, it was Mao's first trip outside his native land...
...service in World War I, she used her speed (23 knots) to zigzag alone through submarine-infested waters. She also performed yeoman service in World War II, carrying 384,586 servicemen to & from battle. Never once was the Aquitania, known as "Grannie," fired on. Between wars she averaged a trip a fortnight from Southampton to New York, carried some 700,000 passengers. Recently the old ship, still in her stripped-down war condition, has been carrying immigrants to Canada. Last week, tied up at the Southampton dock after 35 years' service, the Aquitania was retired. Said a Cunard official...
...swimming team will not take its customary trip to Florida this vacation but Hal Ulen ordered all freshmen and varsity swimmers to practice at pools near their homes...
Shepard will carry his new travelling squad to Springfield tonight. Making the trip to the Western Massachusetts college will be Smith, Rockwell, Jim Gabler, Gerry Murphy, Bill Hickey, Captain Bill Prior, Cliff Crosby, Dick Covey, John Stevenson, and Quent Stiles...