Word: crack-up
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Navy had spent $174,000 on the Mercury. Lieut. Williams, who had a shore assignment for twelve years, had been ordered to sea at his own request, after the Mercury's failure. "Such a romantic proposal" as a deliberate crack-up at the Schneider races was promptly vetoed. Lieut. Williams had been given opportunity to make his experiment a success...