Word: nearest
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...they were whisked at pistol-point into an automobile, hurtled all day and all evening over the soggy, rutty Finnish roads toward the Russian border. When the car ran out of gasoline 60 mi. from Russia, the kidnappers jumped out, left Dr. and Mrs. Stahlberg to walk to the nearest town. They got home safely but the country was shocked. In Finland the Lapua (antiCommunist) Movement had just succeeded in driving Communism out of the Diet after a whirlwind election campaign whose tactics included kidnapping Communists and booting them over the Soviet frontier. Dr. Stahlberg had been rumored as listed...
...wanders off the route in fog, storm or darkness, a pilot may find himself off the line of the beckoning signals just when he needs them most. Last week was brought forth a device by which the flyer, wherever he be, will be able to orient himself upon the nearest commercial broadcasting station...
...nearest that muddling Leader Baldwin could come to saying what he is was to propose censure of the MacDonald Government for rejecting the empire staff arrangement advocated at the Imperial Conference by Canada's Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett...
...visitor's left as he enters the gate is another three-story section, joining a five-story section which turns the corner of the Drive and runs along Boylston Street, meeting the central building at the corner nearest Smith Balls. The library is located on the second floor of the section at the corner of Boylston Street and Memorial Drive...
...distinguishing feature of women's competition is that the best players can never be depended on. Yet as play went smoothly on last week, it became evident that for once the expected upsets were not occurring. The top-notch players moved up without exception and the nearest thing to a surprise was when Mrs. Hill put out Maureen Orcutt in the quarterfinal. In the semifinal Miss Collett had her first real competition, but made it easy by winning the first three holes and outdriving Helen Hicks, said to be the longest-hitting woman alive. Miss...