Word: corde
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...suggestion that an exact replica of the Panay be built for the U. S. At the U. S. Embassy a 30-year-old Japanese woman called in ceremonial kimono, whipped out a long pair of scissors, snipped off all her hair, wrapped it up with a gold & silver cord with a white carnation and handed it to the startled secretary of Ambassador Joseph Grew...
...Doughnut shaped bath soap, to be worn on a cord around a bather's neck to keep it from escaping...
...specialist in trick shots. Walsh's job was to signal 13 more G-men, 30 Bangor patrolmen and a squad of Indiana and Maine State troopers posted outside the store as soon as a member of the Brady gang came in. As Walsh moved to pull a cord which would, set a signal in the window, Dalhover realized that he had walked into a trap...
...examination of the spinal fluid showed a normal cell count and protein content as well as a negative Wassermann reaction. The diagnosis of Disseminated Sclerosis of the Spinal Cord was made and concurred in by two eminent London neurologists. Unfortunately a post mortem examination was not permitted...
...secret experiments in overhead photography from a cluster of 30 hydrogen-filled stratosphere balloons. He had successfully ground out several reels over the local country club golf course while a ground crew towed him from spot to spot when suddenly a stiff gust snapped the 200-ft. sash-weight cord anchor line...