Word: clogs
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...light on the indicator would mean that piecesof transmission gears may have begun to clog thehelicopter's motor in the crucial moments beforethe pilot lost control...
...high heel goes way, way back. Sixteenth-century Turkey witnessed the birth of the stiletto heel's earliest ancestor, the chopine, a wooden clog that could reach stilt height. Later, a more narrowly heeled shoe for women emerged during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. And in the eighteenth century, the French began their fashion influence with lovely decorated leather or silk shoes on high heels set under the arch of the foot...
...clue to the puzzle may lie in the helicopter's transmission indicator, which lights up if pieces of transmission gears begin to clog the aircraft's motor...
Transmission failure results when parts of the transmission flake off and clog the plane's engine, preventing the pilot from keeping the blades running. The plane spirals out of control and crashes to the ground...
...spirit if not vocabulary. When a friend in Denver challenged Lemon to create a piece with a black theme, Lemon demurred, but a chance meeting with Le Vaughn Robinson, a street-corner tap dancer, changed his mind. The result of their collaboration was Buck Dance, based on the syncopated clog dancing (the precursor of tap) that slaves performed to entertain their masters...