Word: cording
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Student. In Petersburg, Ind., a farmer found why his electricity bills were so high: one of his cows had been pulling on the light cord in the barn at night...
...raid shelters in England are improvised," said the director, "and the people choose their own." He spoke of conditions in London, where the populace immediately preferred subways to prepared structures. The subway platforms are continually packed solidly with people stacked like cord wood, and all efforts to transfer the crowds to other places have been unsuccessful. Londoners stick to the uncomfortable subways, which they feel are safe...
...roar as the warhead bit through the Kearny's armor. The explosion killed seven men stationed in the forward boiler room on the steaming watch. Its force ripped up through the deck, wrecked the starboard wing of the bridge, knocked the forward stack back and broke the siren cord so that its shrill yowl could not be shut off. Four others disappeared, probably blown overboard...
...Soto has disappearing headlights (an old Cord idea), a large new potbellied grille, deep-cut rear fenders, better streamlining. Horsepower has been increased from 105 to 115. Improved "Fluid Drive" and "Simplimatic Transmission" are extra...
...sergeant standing by the hatch suddenly turned and spoke. His men clattered to their feet. Trailing from the back of each man's pack was a 15-foot "static cord," with a buckle on the free end. Each man reached down, seized the buckle, snapped it to the overhead cable. They crowded into line, right hand on the shoulder of the man in front, shuffled toward the hatch. The sergeant tensed his body, flexed his knees down and out, dived. His static cord whipped straight behind him, tightened, yanked the canvas cover from his 'chute...