Word: chute
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...after the wings came off the fuselage in which he was seated. Last week F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War in charge of Aviation (TIME, July 12) saw Pilot Barksdale's plane go into a tail spin at 2,000 ft.; saw him jump, open his 'chute; saw the silken shrouds foul in the struts; saw the "pilot with a charmed life" dashed crazily into the ground...
...best race of the afternoon was the University long-distance race. This contest was unquestionably conceded to the University at the start, but proved close at the finish. As the track team this year is exceptionally well equipped in distance men, the result proved rather disappointing. Even without Chute, star miler and cross-country man, who did not run because he found the distance too short, the Tech runners gave the University a good fight...
Captain Rooney, Rick, and Chute are the greatest threats in the M.I.T. lineup, all of them having finished among the first five last Saturday against New Hampshire...
...funniest place on earth, a playground for old and young," so its owners describe Steeplechase Pier at Atlantic City where one may have his hat blown off, his skirts blown up, ride on a merry-go-round, walk through a revolving barrel, slide down a chute into a wooden bowl, or scare his wits out of himself by a ride on a roller coaster?all by paying a modest admission fee of 50c. Strangely enough over the great amusement hall is built an apartment where the owners of the entertainment dwell, and where they have a little window where they...
...Reports from Plymouth, Vt., told the President that his father had made a remarkable recovery from his recent operation (TIME, July 13). "Remarkable progress," said Dr. Chute, Boston specialist...