Word: journey
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Cause of this strange journey, and principal passenger, was a bull-thewed man named Wendell Willkie. Up & down its rocking corridors, talking in torrents, gesturing in giant swipes, he strode. He lived and worked in the last car, the Pioneer, the mahogany-paneled private car in which Franklin Roosevelt once traveled. Just ahead of the rear platform was a glass-walled observation lounge, the candidate's living room, heavily carpeted, with a deep sofa, four club chairs-all chintz-covered-lamps, a radio, smoking stands. Beyond it were bedrooms for the candidate and his slight, pleasant wife...
...Long, dark months of trial and tribulation lie before us. Not only many dangers but many more misfortunes, many mistakes and disappointments will surely be our lot; death and sorrow will be our companions on the journey, hardship our garment, constancy and valor our only shield...
...late August of this year the President saw fit to send fifty destroyers to England in exchange for a few naval bases. The destroyers have made their journey and have forgotten. Whether the barter was constitutional has never been settled upon by any branch of the government except the executive. The Congress, supposedly the representative body of the nation, had to accept the trade. Mr. Roosevelt seemed to ignore the Neutrality Law which definitely states that the United States is a neutral nation and will not give any military aid to a warring country. Congress passed this act and Congress...
...compliment either to the virtues of Jane Austin's book or the maturity of Hollywood that "Pride and Prejudice" has maintained its integrity on its perilous journey from paper to film. It appears on the screen as a startling and refreshing example of a picture that clicks without having resorted to the run-of-the-mill movie formulas...
...pitch, chlorinated diphenyl and mineral oil were poured into the well, to act as a packing indefinitely resistant to moisture and soil acids. On the stroke of noon, the well was sealed. A crowd of spectators bared their heads. A bugle sounded taps. The capsule started on its long journey through time...