THIS MONTH'S OLD NEWS: June & July, 2009
Vol. 20, No. 6
- Americans Search Arctic For Lost British Explorer.
- Rome Invades Britain.
- New Bridge Sways In Wind.
- Professional Baseball Clubs Form "American League"
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Volume 17, No. 2, November, 2005
-Half of the material had been edited and was ready for publication; the remainder was on slips of paper that had been sorted and were ready for editing. There were over two million slips. Murray realized he could not keep that much paper in his home, which was barely large enough for his family.
-Climbing to the top of a high rock, they caught sight of a crowd of Inuit hunters on the far side of the island. "We made a great noise," Jane wrote, "partly to allure them to us and partly to warn our company of them."
-Wonder Stories would reflect Gernsback's optimism about future technological progress, including the exciting possibilities of space. To replace the term "scientific fiction," associated with the old Amazing Stories, Gernsback coined the phrase "science fiction."
"At last I had authority to give directions over the whole scene," Churchill wrote. "I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial."
Volume 19, No. 4, March, 2008
-No one gave Chaplin any work to do for ten days, which made him nervous. His nervousness increased when Sennett informed him that he would have to improvise his own parts.
-Bruce had finally established military control over all of Scotland, and established the country as an independent nation.
-Each year nearly a thousand vessels were damaged or lost in collisions with rocks or other ships in the crowded Hell Gate channel. Fatalities were common, and financial losses from accidents totaled at least two million dollars annually.
-Eisenhower was hesitant to bet everything on the prediction of a short spell of good weather in the midst of a storm, but if the break did materialize, it would be an opportune time to attack because the Germans would probably not be expecting it.
For a while Lindbergh thought that he could rest his eyes without actually falling asleep, but then he checked his clock and discovered that his eyes had been shut for several minutes, not seconds.
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