Word: cordes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thousand feet above Chicago, Jack Cope stepped out the cabin door of his airplane, counted 28 before he pulled the parachute cord, landed buoyantly among a golf foursome. In the 13½ seconds before the parachute opened he had fallen 3,400 feet, a new sheer drop record...
Engagement Broken. Genevieve Carpenter, daughter of famed Composer John Alden Carpenter of Chicago (Skyscrapers) ; and J. Elliot Cabot, Boston scion, actor (The Silver Cord, Coquette...
...bullet no bigger round than a seed-pearl would kill a man if projected through his heart, brain or spinal cord. But martial experience has found 30/100 of an inch to be about the ideal diameter for man-killing bullets. The prize-winning Thompson weapon is .30 calibre...
...those who like their drama more or less straight, who go to the theatre with a serious purpose, Sidney Howard has written, and the Theatre Guild has produced, "The Silver Cord", now on the board of the Wilbur Theatre, with Laura Hope Crews, as in New York, heading a capable cast...
...corner of his cockpit. Two thousand feet over Essex, England, he undid his safety straps and reached again. Unintentionally he pressed the control stick forward. The plane stalled with a start and an astonished flier found himself catapulted into midair. With presence of mind he pulled his parachute cord, landed unhurt, lighted a cigaret, and addressed a gaping rustic: "I wonder where my kite's gone...