Word: coasted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...faith and determination were sufficient to get her through the long, Trans-Siberian Railway trip and to help her track down Mrs. Lawson in Yangcheng in northern China, hundreds of miles from the China coast where she had begun her search. There the two Englishwomen set up an inn for mule drivers. Gladys' first Chinese was a chant: "We have no bugs, we have no fleas. Good, good, good-come, come, come." Her job was to grab the leading mule of a caravan and lead him into the courtyard. After the mules were fed, their drivers became willing listeners...
...water supply in the Thames River, plus a proximity to the firearms and precision instrument factories in southern New England, all make New London the most logical site. New London would like the will, furthermore, because the city has felt serious unemployment with the closing down of so many Coast Guard activities; like all the other cities, New London would be glad to see the 20,000 to 30,000 jobs that the mill would make whether it is located...
...strike of 2,000 AFL deck officers operating from Gulf and Atlantic coast ports, which threatened to tie up all shipping in the region, was postponed last night on the plea of government mediators. The strike had been called for midnight...
...graduate body remained relatively untouched. Gold Coast cleaners reported a low percentage of lipstick stains from the business school. "I guess the boys know how to take care of themselves by that time," the owner said...
...Down. Brokenshire reached the top of his trade with such other pioneers as Milton Cross and Ted Husing (both still in radio), Harry von Zell (now in movies and radio on the West Coast) and the late Graham McNamee. By 1930 he had also hit the bottom, and was trying the first of many comebacks. It failed when, after a couple of years, Chesterfield fired him for unreliability...