Word: bottome
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After the freshmen had scored three runs on one hit in the bottom of the first frame, Holy Cross hurler Cadrin baffled John Connolly, Charlie Cabot, and Billy Goddman in succession for the first three of his ten strikeouts...
...fine Easter sunshine, was invaded by hordes of eager tourists. As they took in the sights or eyed the smart Parisian girls in their spring dresses, they were accosted by furtive "characters who hissed: "Have you dollars?" Most of the time, the answer was a blunt no. The bottom had fallen out of the currency black market...
...modern key still has the finger pointing at the stars but the hand shows from a twentieth century sleeve, the key itself is gold, and it has grown a tail on the bottom...
...Happy Bottom. With its red dust, desolation and run-down buildings, Muroc is not an attractive place to live. But for the test pilots like Chuck, who do not have to live on the post, it is not too bad. The mountain-ringed desert, with its mourning Joshua trees, has a kind of austere beauty. On its broad plain are little oases - alfalfa farms kept green by diesel-pumped water. There is hunting and riding. When these rural pleasures pall, Los Angeles is only 70 miles away (eleven minutes as the jet flies...
Other relaxation is close to the post : an aviation dude ranch called Pancho's Fly-Inn (or the Happy Bottom Riding Club). The ranch has its own airport, lighted at night, so that guests, friends and airborne wayfarers can fly in at all hours. The Fly-Inn is a much-buzzed place. Standing alone on the flat desert with only a few low trees, it invites the dangerous prank that all young pilots play, no matter what the threats of flying field managers or military C.O.s. Chuck Yeager has roared low over the ranch in every sort of airplane...