Word: chuted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...herself finally arrived. Taking a firm grip on a ribboned bottle of champagne, she swung it briskly against the bow of what, in the Bath Iron Works, had theretofore been merely Hull No. 272. Cried she with faultless diction: "I christen thee Ranger." The hull slipped smoothly down its chute, flopped into the water, stern first, with a loud splash, and ten minutes later workmen swarmed aboard Ranger, warped back to the dock, to step her 163-ft. duralumin mast...
...miles above Daytona Beach two years ago, a slim, sandy-haired professional parachutist from Lansing, Mich, named Clement Joseph ("Clem") Sohn stepped from a plane, spread homemade "bat wings" of canvas sewed between his legs and arms, swooped, banked, looped for 4.000 ft. before floating to earth by para chute-first man to "fly" with his own wings. Thereafter Clem Sohn made a tidy living doing his spectacular stunt at fairs and air meets. Only one man tried to copy him-Parachutist Floyd David, who plummeted to death at Flint, Mich, on his maiden...
When 250 ft. from the ground he pulled the cord of his emergency 'chute. It also failed, opening only enough to foul the canvas wings, thus prevent him from desperately attempting his prime ambition -a stall landing without aid from a parachute. Said a witness: "When I realized Clem Sohn was doomed, I felt worse than ever during the World War. . . . The hush coming over the crowd was the most impressive thing I have ever seen. . . . And when Clem Sohn hit the ground, it sounded like an explosion...
...hospital, Benidict was making a nice recovery after an automobile crash which tore out 4½ inches of his skull. In 1931, 4-year-old Benidict was horribly scorched when a kettle of boiling water upset on his head. In 1929, 2-year-old Benidict tripped into a hay chute, fell onto a cow, had his throat punctured by the animal's horns...
...fifteen or twenty minute drive from Harvard Square and offers two large open slopes, one with a fairly steep descent. There is a jump which gives leaps of sixty and seventy feet under normal conditions for those who prefer this type of skiing. There is also a toboggan chute...