Word: alight
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Somebody dubbed the little group "The Flying Squadrons." They move throughout the city on a sound truck and alight upon precinct after precinct, ringing individual doorbells and selling their candidate to whoever answers. They are all well-trained and courtcous; as students, they figure it is their business to know the questions that people might ask, and to be prepared to answer them...
...emotionally unable to cope with the problem of turning a corner. It would travel at high speeds in a straight line, but when faced with a left or right turn, would come to a complete halt and hang its head, confused and hurt. Whereupon the driver was forced to alight from the sulky and physically push the moose until it was once again aimed in the correct direction and high speed travel could proceed. The coming of winter matorially affected neither the animal's speed nor his inability to turn corners, and in the chillier seasons it hauled a small...
...getting scarcer. In recent years, the yield of seed per acre has been steadily going down. Dr. Hixson has been crossing alfalfa strains, breeding them for gentleness of pistil. He hopes to develop flowers with so soft a wallop that even the timidest bee will not be afraid to alight on them...
Sanctuary. In Atlanta, an injured pigeon with its tail feathers gone and right side badly mangled interrupted its homeward flight long enough to alight on the lawn of the S.P.C.A. for repairs...
...save himself time & trouble, Houston Oilman W. W. West took to parking his car in the bus zone in front of his office, forced bus passengers to alight in the street, cheerfully paid a daily $5 parking fine. Total to date...