Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Having recently been through the mill, most farmers were being prudent with their new prosperity. In Fresno, Calif., heart of the San Joaquin Valley machine-farming area, Julius Neilsen, Bank of America farm-loan representative, said: "I never saw so many farmers come in ahead of time and pay off their loans." The Iowa Life Insurance Co. reported its sales to farmers through April were up 78% over last year. And, said Red Oak Agent Stanley Fagerland: "When the farmer gets around to buying life insurance, you know he is getting back on his feet...
...Needle. He hooked his mask into the life-saving oxygen system, dove the bomber toward a lower altitude so Maxwell would not die of anoxia. The Plexiglas canopy had been jettisoned in the first attempt at bailout, so, as the plane knifed ahead at 400 knots, Obie's face was seared by the sharp, -30° wind, by whipped dust, bits of wire and insulation. His eyelids rolled back in the fierce air torrent. He dropped his amber-tinted visor over his tearing eyes-but he could not read his instruments again without lifting it. His gloved hands froze...
...prescription in the center, enclosed by a surrounding area that corrects for closeup reading. Rotation therefore makes no difference. Wesley, who tried the first pair on himself, reports that 65 people who have worn the new lenses for as long as five months are enthusiastic. If they look straight ahead with eyes wide open, they see through the center lens. When they look down, the contact lens rises, so that they see through the outer circle. As they look up again, a blink slips the lens back into place...
...Beating to windward in light air, American Skipper Warner Willcox eased his sleek, 33-ft. International Class sloop into a commanding lead, finished well ahead in the last of seven races to lead his team to victory over the Bermudians for the 51-year-old Amorita Cup, grand prize of Bermuda Race Week...
Elfrida, who shares a Brooklyn apartment with a lady anthropologist, could save about $20,000 in taxes by marrying this year, but she has no immediate plans for putting money ahead of love. She plans to use her earnings to take three years off and get a Ph.D. in psychology. Trouble is that she cannot collect a penny of her winnings until she quits. At the moment she is broke, last week borrowed $500 from her mother to keep going...