Word: chair
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Baldwin was born Aug. 3, 1867 in Wilden, Worcestershire, the town where his great-grandfather in the late 18th Century had started the family fortune by building an iron foundry. Baldwin's nurse, to assure his success, climbed to the attic with the newborn baby, stood on a chair, and raised him toward the roof...
Professor Taylor's fiery furnace for testing airborne Shadrachs is made from a big steel cylinder with a fan blowing dry air into it, past an outside battery of electric grids. The human guinea pig is wheeled in, reclining in a canvas chair and festooned with electric thermometers. The first experiments were rather cautious; then Taylor and his staff increased the temperature in the hotbox until it passed the boiling point of water (212° F). The victims came out uncooked and not permanently damaged...
...with his attendant. He likes to listen to the radio, occasionally dances to music he likes-if there is no one in the room but his wife. He still draws strange faces and spidery designs. When strangers approach, his brown eyes look hunted and wild and he grips his chair. Romola still believes that her husband has a dancing future. Says she: "Nijinsky's one wish is to go to America. There he was happy in his art. He will dance again...
...headed for his room instead. Several hours later, he spouted out of his chair and headed for the window, for there were carolers below. Peace on earth, goodwill toward men, thought Vag as he bounced down the steps and linked arms with one of the crowd. "It came upon a midnight clear," he told the night, "that glorious..." He turned to the fellow beside him. "What day is the Rose Bowl game...
Oregon, not to be forgotten, boasts of Mount Hood with a mile-long chair lift, several rope tows, the Golden Rose tournament, and countless choice fast open slopes. Also in Oregon is Crater Lake, largely for natives and those who seek fresh, unpacked snow...