Word: crew
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...night almost a year ago, the 3,000 ton freighter City of Rome towered over the gashed, sinking hulk of the S-51. Thirty of the crew died beneath the waves of Long Island Sound; 24 of them had swallowed the inky brine which swirled within the submarine, finally, the ghoul ship was raised from the ocean floor (TIME, July 5 et seq.) ; now the 24 sleep in Arlington Cemetery...
...food, no fuel. They ripped the fabric off the wings and caught a little rainwater in it. Commander Rodgers, with a "silly little still" his mother had made him take along, distilled more drink from seawater. After a week, a submarine found the plane and its scarecrow crew...
...under the water. He made pendulum tests daily to ascertain the truth or falsity of the German theory of floating continents leaving gravity deficiencies in their wakes. I might say that we found no evidence of a deficiency of gravity to support this hypothesis. These pendulum tests bored the crew...
...Persia; a through route from Europe to Mesopotamia; a projected passenger service from Berlin clear across Asia to Peking. In Europe, air travel is so firmly established that no one said, "Dreamer!" at the following prediction of a Frenchman who visited London last week: "Everything - fuel, passengers and crew-will be carried inside enormous wings in machines of the future. Passengers will be able to move freely inside and I see no reason why they should not enjoy the amenities of seagoing passengers of today in the way of promenades, dancing, games and music. To fly from Paris or London...
Vexed, harassed by the loss of his torpedo, the sub-commander did not carry his petulance to extremes, rescued the sailboat's crew...