Word: connectent
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mile highway to Alaska, because nature has provided another one, of which only 300 miles of road need to be constructed. So claims Arctic Explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson in the July issue of FORTUNE. Most of his highway consists of the Yukon and Mackenzie Rivers. His 300-mile road would connect the two rivers. Says Stefansson: "In North America the Mackenzie River, second only to the Mississippi system, is the historic commercial highway of northwestern Canada. It begins to be navigable at the head of rail north of Edmonton, and flows almost straight in the direction of Japan and China...
...heredity, bad nutrition, lack of care or accident that is the reason many children's teeth gap widely or fail to connect when they close their jaws. This condition is called malocclusion; it is the orthodontists' favorite word and their chief problem...
...started them filing off burrs, admitted them to training courses, promoted them to machine-shop operation, sheet metal, riveting, blueprint reading, inspection. Now they assemble all parts of the fuselage (but not the heavy engine). They slide under the conveyor; install power lines, electric systems, pedals, control parts; connect oil lines; rivet ailerons and stabilizers...
Bunks Burditt, who had failed to connect once for field goals the night before, tallied 11 points in spite of the fact that most of his shots rolled around the rim and came out again. He was the only man on the squad to last the full 40 minutes...
...Whitlow Wyatt, their best pitcher (when he strolls to the mound, some Dodger fan usually screams: "T'row it down d'eir t'roats, Whitelaw!"), lost three games in a row. Rookie Pete Reiser, who was leading the league in hitting, suddenly found it hard to connect. While Lippy's boys were losing nine out of twelve games, the Cardinals won nine out of twelve. Last week, St. Louis was on top by two full games. It looked like a dogfight for the month of August...