Word: fruitful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with a velocity of 65 miles per hour whipped the North Atlantic into mighty combers. Seven hundred miles off the Virginia Capes wallowed the little Italian freighter Florida, bound for Naples. Its steering gear was broken, it was inundated by ferocious seas. For four days the crew lived on fruit and water. Frantically Capt. Giuseppe Favaloro flashed SOS signals. Several nearby vessels received them. But, not having radio compasses, which indicate the direction from which signals come, these ships could not locate the Florida...
Whether or not this method in operation at Harvard bears immediate fruit in the so-called "brain tests" is an impossible question to determine; results are likely to differ with each individual student. If, however, this is in any way likely, as the Yale News seems to believe, the Harvard system would bear watching during the course of the next few years...
...back the "Utowana" will stop at Tela, Honduras, where the expedition will visit the snake farm maintained by Harvard, the Antivenim Institute of America, and the United Fruit Company. From there he will go to Cuba to the Harvard Biological Laboratory and Botanical Garden at Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba...
...neighbor recently had eighty dollars worth of fruit trees girdled by mice under the snow. He had killed off his friends; skunks, owls and foxes...
...President Roosevelt will be continued as long as that of the Caronia." Switching from ethics to economics, the Ward Line began a price-cutting struggle. Already 10% lower than the Caronia's schedule, first-class fares were slashed 25% more, to $120, round trip. The United Fruit Co., operating four ships, and the Munson Line, planning only one winter trip, followed suit. Cunard rates remained at $175, gave no indication of meeting the unprecedented cut. But Cunard threatened to bring suit against the Shipping Board, charging illegal competition...