Word: bows
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...engine-room storekeeper died of pneumonia. Both were buried at sea. Brooding because the boatswain had taken his bedroom slippers, the ship's lookout fell 40 ft. from the crow's nest, arose unharmed. A 40-ft. whale became so firmly impaled on the Pennsylvania's bow that the captain had to put his ship astern to dislodge it. The liner also rushed to the aid of a freighter, took off a wiper who had a chicken's wishbone lodged in his throat...
...first crew is: stroke, Samuel S. Drury, Jr. '35; seven, Leonard P. Eliel '36; six, John P. Austin '37; five, Thomas H. Choate '37; four, James E. Gardner, Jr. '36; three, George L. Haskins '35; two, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. '37; bow, Raymond S. Clark...
...second varsity oarsmen are" stroke, Robert B. Cutler '36, seven, Lawrence Mills '37; six, Oliver K. Scott '37; five, Robert B. Watson '37; four, Robert M. Drysdale, Jr. '36; three, Robert M. Parker, Jr. '37; two, Roger W. Cutler, Jr. '37; and bow, Talbot Rantoul...
...dock at Akron, Ohio. A high-school band blaring "Dixie." Lines of shivering spectators on the cold concrete. Mrs. William Adger Moffett on the arm of her husband, Rear Admiral Moffett, Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics. Eight pretty girls from Macon, Ga. The huge silver bow of the ZRS-5-. . . Mrs. Moffett mounted a bunting-draped platform, pulled a red-white-&-blue cord. Two hatches in the airship's nose flopped open and out flew 48 startled pigeons. Cried Mrs. Moffett: "I christen thee Macon!"* Mighty cheers for the third dirigible built...
...fiddler Father Kubelik appeared, at 54, as a stolid, hard worker, absorbed by his finger technique and a bow that moved woodenly. Son Raffael seemed to have more of the old Kubelik flare. His arms shot forth like serpents. His hair was so long and rebellious that he had to stop now and then to tuck it behind his ears. A concerto written by Father Kubelik was the climax of their performance. But no hearts fluttered...