Word: braked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Crisp autumn weather had come to Washington, and Harry Truman caught a cold that frogged his throat at times. It did not cloud his affability or brake his brisk manner of disposing of business across his desk. Newsmen who jampacked his press conference noticed: 1) Harry Truman had switched from summerweight double-breasted to a medium-weight flannel double-breasted suit; 2) his work-to-be-done boxes were stacked high; 3) there was another box on his desk, filled with emerald green match folders. The President indicated the folders, remarked that he was not supposed to be looking. Deskside...
Invented by Captain James H. Brodie, the simple rig has four masts which support a long cable stretched between them. To land, the plane flies between the masts and snags a nylon loop with a hook above its wing. A friction brake brings it to a stop. To take off, the plane runs beneath the cable until it reaches flying speed-then disengages itself. The Army says that any competent pilot can do the trick. Some prefer the cable to a conventional landing strip...
...European industry creaks back to life, lack of raw materials is a brake on production. All industries are short of steel, coal, chemicals, rubber, textiles...
...laurel, the palms and the paean, the breasts of the nymphs in the brake...
Mohandas K. Gandhi, 75, revealed the formula by which he plans to live for another 50 years: plenty of humor, a balanced diet, early to bed & early to rise, no stimulants, "a brake upon impetuosity," resignation to the will...