Word: airtight
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First of its kind that anyone knew of, the test showed the vault airtight, hence watertight. With safety-deposit boxes only six inches from the floor, the bank's officials deemed the possibility of a flooded basement real enough to be guarded against. The door was built by York Safe & Lock Co., machined by hand to such precision that a scrap of tissue paper in the frame prevents it from closing...
There is the point that the right side is several lengths ahead of the left. Captain Gundlach and Mike Aldis are a nearly airtight combination. Gunny, at right guard, provides the experience of three years of Varsity football, while Mike, playing next door to him at right tackle, adds 202 pounds of well-placed beef plus some of the cleanest tackles that have been seen of late on Soldiers Field. Over on the left part of the outfit things are not quite so stabilized. There are four men who have almost equal right to two positions. The two Bills, Messrs...
...more than a day Hauptmann was sequestered in a downtown police station while an airtight case was built against him. When newshawks smelled a story, police officials let the most sensational development in the nation's greatest criminal case burst over every front page...
...waited weeks for favorable weather. To inflate the envelope with 210,000 cu. ft. of hydrogen had taken nine hours. Perched on the surrounding cliffs, 35,000 spectators had watched all night while a ground crew of 120 U. S. cavalrymen, working under cinema floodlights, swung into place the airtight gondola with its ton of scientific apparatus and 4,200 Ib. of buckshot ballast. In climbed the crew: Major William E. Kepner (pilot & commander), onetime assistant navigator of the Los Angeles, winner of the 1928 Gordon Bennett international balloon race; Capt. Albert W. Stevens (scientific observer), famed aerial photographer...
...victories they're rolling again, and just in time, for Harvard jumps back into League competition on Saturday against Dartmouth. The Holy Cross 12-inning affair showed that there are weaknesses to be eradicated. The outfield wasn't up to its usual fielding standard--and the infield is not airtight yet, especially around second base. But Ben Prouty at second is a definite improvement, and little Mike Hovenanian may be the answer to the short stop enigma. That middle sack has been a problem all year. At bat things looked a lot better, with the Mitchelimen hitting three pitchers...