Word: balloonful
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...only competitor, Capt. H. E. Honeywell in the St. Joseph, by 40-odd miles, covering a distance of almost 600 miles. The winner thus became entitled to a purse of $1,000, the Litchfield trophy, in addition to the right of representing the U. S. in the international balloon race...
...purchase of instruments for the Charleston State Prison band. The suit which Mr. E. E. Clive were in the part of Jimmy Gubbins was intended for a loose misfit, but such has been the change in style in masculine attire since the first production of the play that the balloon trousers and baggy coat would have made him feel at home in any college yard. But if Mr. Clive's costume was not convincing, his acting was, as was also that of Miss Standing as "Miss Woofer...
...winks to show that he is not taken in and, with much self-assurance, just to show how certain he is, prods him in the abdomen. "Move on there, move on, please," booms the bobby without a smile, while the prodder writhes in the last agonies of a pricked balloon...
...Passed a bill forbidding the exportation of helium (non-inflammable balloon gas (see SCIENCE). Went to the President...
...take advice, but did so with some hesitation. He appointed C. Bascomb Slemp as his Secretary to handle a number of political problems. He leaned on the arms of Secretaries Mellon and Hoover, but, when tax-reduction was proposed, he let Mr. Mellon float it as a trial balloon with tacit consent, before determining how strongly to support...