Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Done with Air. Barbers, nattily dressed in white poplin smocks and two-toned shoes, showed off such innovations as electric clippers attached to cords which pulled back into wall cabinets when not in use; air hoses to blow off bits of clipped hair; and swinging "rumble seats" attached to the customers' chairs on which the barbers sat while clipping. On request, porters wheeled carts loaded with tonic bottles from chair to chair. A phonograph played hit tunes; portable telephones could be plugged in anywhere. Just inside the plate-glass doors, Oakley proudly flicked the switches of an intercommunication system...
...Ascania he stood 75 hours without sleep. As a precaution against collision, the Mary has two radar installations. Captain Illingworth welcomes them, but he does not deputize even to radar his task of watching the sea. "In the North Atlantic trade we have a saying: 'We blow the fog horn for five hot-weather months and blow on our fingers to keep warm the other seven.' When fogs abound, any captain of a ship like this who doesn't watch the sea himself is a fool, sir, a fool...
...admittance to the United Nations of another Russian satellite. Russia's Alexei N. Krasilnikov, Gromyko's standin, thought it would be nice if Albania (which stands accused before U.N. of helping guerrillas to attack Greece) became a member. The U.S. and Britain thought that Albania should first blow its political nose...
...thousand miles away, in Bombay harbor, the 400-ton coastal vessel Ramdas, its decks crowded with more than 700 people, headed out for the one-hour run to Rewaz. A wall of water swept in from the open sea, struck the Ramdas a reeling blow. A second huge wave crashed down on the decks, sweeping the screaming passengers into the sea. No lifeboats were launched, no radio messages sent. Clinging to the floating wreckage were 179 survivors. In exactly two minutes, 563 people were lost...
...blow lasted 2½ days. While fancier racing craft had to shorten sail to ride it out, the rugged 71-ft. schooner Dolphin II, owned and captained by Actor Frank Morgan, was doting on the gale. She sped westward under full canvas...