Word: bladed
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...whose demise is so unfortunately recorded in the first act, holds fast to the brown paper envelope on land as well as on sea, whither the characters repair in the second act, and in the end bestows herself upon the victim's eldest son. To many a flashing blade, nocturnal groan, mayhem, is this lady privy. There is a younger son, also. But, unlike the other characters, he keeps his mouth shut occasionally...
...Jenkins' invention did not, however, enable a plane to depress its wings, bird fashion. It was an adaptation of the reversible propeller blade already used on water ships but hitherto considered too dangerous for planes because of the havoc a pilot would cause by pulling his reversing lever at the wrong moment. The Jenkins device included a safety catch released only by the contact of the plane with its landing surface. When this catch releases, the pilot can "shift gears," reversing the pitch of his propeller blades so that the pressure they beat up pushes the plane backward instead...
...White House office one morning last week sat President Coolidge, his finger hovering over a button. The clock reached 9:30. The President pushed the button. Straightway started, in distant Toledo, the presses of the new Toledo Blade newspaper plant...
...race there is hard work but there is lacking that tendency of driving which is evident in the American coaching system and which ultimately gives the American crew the impression of being a machine. But the Oxford or Cambridge eight gradually becomes a crew which for watermanship, blade work and power is equal if not superior to our usual crew...
...shell had rather a hectic voyage because of the drift wood which has been in the river for the last two or three days. In fact, P. M. Moffet '28, rowing number two in the new boat broke the blade of his oar when he hit a small log which was submerged in such a way that it could not be seen by the coxwain...