Word: corded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Dartmouth's forward line is made up entirely of Sophomores, and is reported stronger than last year's advance guard. With Captain Forrest at goal and Meyer-cord at fullback the invaders have two veterans capable of forcing the University forwards to their best in order to tally
...gloomy shadows cast by its 20 squat Doric columns. Across the plaza, in the Palacio Nacional,* President Calles gave first a reception and then a ball. At midnight the festivities abated for an instant. President Calles stepped out upon the central balcony of the palace and pulled a cord which is pulled by every President of Mexico who manages to remain in office until a 16th of September. Boomed forth "The Liberty Bell? of Mexico." Cried Senor Calles "Viva Mejico!" The official celebration came to an end. Not so the ball...
...longer were the courts of the West Side Club the scene of a populous and pretty carnival. Combat had narrowed, grown bitter. Miss Wills played Miss Goss. The latter skimmed the net-cord with her strokes, whisked them to send up spirals of chalk from the baseline, won the first set 6-3. Prickly heat began to affect the vertebrae of the spectators. Was a champion going down? Miss Wills, smiling her poker smile, won a love set, ran through six of the next eight games, tucked the match in her vanity case...
...circumstances, nitrogen goes into the tissues of the body. When the external pressure is released, as by coming out of a caisson or being raised to the surface of the water, the excess nitrogen in human tissues tends to form bubbles. If one of these occurs in the spinal cord or brain it may cause paralysis or death. If they form in the right half of the heart they are forced into the lungs where they form a frothy mixture, interfering with circulation and breathing. These effects give rise to what is known as compressed air illness or caisson disease...
...must jump, wait and then pull the rip cord. Otherwise the parachute may become entangled in the tail surfaces of the plane. This is undoubtedly what Sergeant Gilbert failed to dp. The instinctive impulse to pull the rip cord prevailed over careful training and the shrouds were cut by the sharp cables of the plane's rear...