Word: crash
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...roistering infuscate U. S. sailor seated himself with a crash upon one of the shaky iron tables in front of Florian's, most famous of the cafes facing the Piazza San Marco, Venice. Pulling out a wad of 100-lira notes, he tore them one by one across the middle, chanting full-throatedly: "She smacks me, she smacks me not!" Vexed at this insult to the national currency?this tactless hint that it was worthless?angry Venetians closed in upon the sailor, pummeled him, tweaked his broad nose, sought vainly to tug at his woolly hair...
...overloaded train jolted upon a poorly fastened rail, there came a rending crash. A car teetered sickeningly, fell to the bottom of the river. Two other cars slithered and hung pendent from the cliff?below them a 190-foot clear drop...
...cylinders, but could not rise from the clinging snowfield. Overhead there was perfect flying weather, bright and clear. Eielson ripped the throttle wide open. The Alaskan roared forward, kicking up a small blizzard, and at last crept clear and aloft?only, when she landed after a brisk spin, to crash into a buried wire fence at the end of the field, smashing her propeller, landing gear and fuselage. No Pole flight for her for many weeks...
...whom even an incomplete sketch from his pen is of value. In the first scene of the play there is a shipwreck. The stage in complete darkness, a shrieking wind carries terror to reader or audience; the lights of a pitching steamer appear and on the instant a grinding crash is heard; the lights shudder, become fixed. For a moment only, the moon escapes from heavy clouds to shine on the face of Don Juan* as he leaps overboard to swim ashore. There is dialog in the scene also, but it is negligible. A triumph of stagecraft has been achieved...
...cleared the bar at 11 ft., 11 ft. 6 in., 12 ft., 12 ft. 6 in., and it had been announced that he would try for a super-world's record of 13 ft. 6 in. He took one stride, two strides on the runway, then came a splintering crash, he lurched sideways, went sprawling into the landing pit. A board had broken under his foot. He arose, limped to a bench. A masseur got to work on his ankle, a carpenter repaired the runway. In a moment he was in front of the crowd again, pole in hand...