Word: caped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Lady Docker's dazzling schemes: open a Gold Showroom in Paris featuring one of the gold-plated Daimlers. As the idea grew, so did the expense, until finally Lady Docker simply had to have some gear to go with it: a gold-plated dress, a mink cape and a mink-trimmed hat. The outfit cost $20,-ooo but, said Lady Docker: "Since I was doing nothing more than acting as a model, I decided to charge it against tax." When the tax people objected, Sir Bernard tried to bill B.S.A. B.S.A. also objected, and finally Sir Bernard paid...
...some time. Edward A. Weeks, Jr. '22 spotted it back in the thirties, and commented: "It is no longer necessary to break three hundred glasses and fifteen windowpanes in order to prove that you've been college graduates for six years. Amen! Amen!, sigh the hotel proprietors on the Cape...
...himself. Never did a genius act more like a genius. Von Karman speaks at least seven languages, but his English carries a heavy load of Hungarian accent. When he used to lecture in the classroom, he supplemented speech with intricate gestures. He often wore a black silk cape and was never without a handkerchief, which he twisted, pulled or even chewed during moments of stress...
...first-stage rocket, carrying stages 2 and 3 and the payload satellite, will be fired due east, to take advantage of the spin of the earth (1,340 ft. per second at the launching point. Cape Canaveral, Fla.). When it burns out and separates, 36 miles above the earth on a curving trajectory, the second stage will take over. After burning out in turn, it will coast upward, still attached to stage 3, to the 300-mile level. While it coasts, its mechanical brain will be reading its numerous instruments and telling little gas-jets how to turn...
...company offers 173 different itineraries in Europe alone. This year, for the first time, it has organized a 56-day Bible Lands pilgrimage shepherded by a Methodist minister, a golfer's tour through 19 courses in four countries under Gene Sarazen's auspices, a 73-day Cape Town-to-Cairo trip led by old Africa hands. For art lovers it has arranged a 46-day ramble through Europe's museums and cathedrals; for those who like music a 50-day whirl from Bayreuth to Rome, Wagner to Verdi. In addition, 16,000 ocean cruise passengers (average...