Word: gulf
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President laughed out loud when he heard that the returns were: "Coolidge, 909; Davis, 630" in a certain ward in the city of Gulf port (Miss.) where resides the Hon. Pat. Harrison, arch-scoriator of the Senate and the Keynote of the Democratic Convention which "flayed the Republicans alive...
...sharpening of this division, indicated by these two present events, is fraught with great import to the peace of the Pacific. The deepening of the gulf between east and west seems inevitably to lead to a gigantic conflict of racially hostile nations, its gradual effacement to peaceful tolerance. And only by voluntary limitation of imperialistic ambitions can the nations of the Pacific find that road to peace...
...time when recent events have shaken Arabia from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf (see THE HEJAZ), the publication of this book cannot alone be described as apposite, but as an extremely useful exposition of Arabia's fight for independence which brings the reader virtually to the door of yesterday's events...
...most responsible public office," Dr. Splawn can work more effectively than ever for his dream. This is his dream: "Some day the vast stretch of country along the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico may develop a civilization surpassing that of the countries along the Mediterranean when they were at their peak of splendor and grandeur. Texas and Texans should lead in the development of this greater civilization; and the most potent influence should be that which comes from the University of Texas...
...estuary of the Neva, which flows through Leningrad, former Petrograd, née St. Petersburg, gulped down vast quantities of fresh sea water from the Gulf of Finland, submerged three-quarters of the city. Ten lives were lost. Then the estuary spued back the water; life in the city became normal, but damage was done to the extent of millions of dollars. A cyclone caused the flood...