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I never earned a dollar that was not somehow through writing.

Try and get off with Major Butt

The clock in the wireless shack said 12:45 A.M. when the Titanic sent the first SOS call in history.

Possession of the ice didn't remain a Third Class monopoly for long.

I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.

You have to study the people and the ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect.

But legends are part of great events, and if they help keep alive the memory of gallant self-sacrifice, they serve their purpose.

caused no end of trouble. It took the air cover from all four carriers to handle them properly.

Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.

Robertson called his ship the Titan; the White Star Line called its ship the Titanic. This is the story of her last night.

Overriding everything else, the Titanic also marked the end of a general feeling of confidence.

It is a rash man indeed who would set himself up as final arbiter on all that happened the incredible night the Titanic went down.

Mrs. George Widener was met not by automobile but by a special train - consisting of a private Pullman, another car for ballast, and a locomotive.

Events alone rarely provide much guide to the future.

This was the era when gentlemen formally offered their services to "unprotected ladies" at the start of an Atlantic voyage.

Seen and unseen, the great and the unknown tumbled together in a writhing heap as the bow plunged deeper and the stern rose higher.