Word: crissing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Mrs. Whitney took the stand, she was seen to be fingering several small prayer books. Because Mrs. Whitney is an Episcopalian and Mrs. Vanderbilt a Roman Catholic, the question of Gloria's religious training became a major point at issue. But so criss-crossed were the ties of family affection that Catholic Mrs. Morgan was reported to be praying before an improvised altar in her dressing room that her granddaughter might remain with Episcopalian Mrs. Whitney. Mrs. Whitney attempted to sidetrack the religious issue by declaring that if Gloria remained in her custody, she would be reared...
...nose; then he took off the lower part of his pajamas and exposed some open sores which he had on his thighs, some souvenirs of lessons in the art of fighting closely . . . but when he laid the upper portion of his body bare . . . there was such a criss-cross of old wounds and new ones that the Briton fled." But Belmonte is still alive. Prudent, he saved enough money to buy a ranch in Andalusia, with his Peruvian wife lives there now, a retired national idol...
...fire. Tejeda dodged and twisted from door to pillar. The 25 dodged and twisted with him. Bang, bang! Nicks suddenly appeared in the plaster wall beside Tejeda who ducked back. Shouting, running, stopping and fir ing, the 100 "regulars" came on in fierce pursuit. But always a dodging, criss crossing screen of men ran between them and Tejeda. The town of Nicolas Romero was suddenly the field for a sinister football game. Tejeda's life was the ball and he carried it for all he was worth. His 25 stalwarts were the interference, doing the blocking and taking...
Attached to the steamer's stern is an enormous tarpaulin apron criss-crossed by wooden laths, called a drag-sail. When the steamer is at rest, or barely making headway, the drag-sail trails below the surface. There it lies while the plane taxies up to the steamer's stern. As soon as the plane is in position, the Westphalen picks up speed, with the plane taxiing after her. The towing force lifts the drag-sail to the surface where it smooths the water, makes a floor for the plane. Winches are brought into play and presently plane...
...missed either terminal by more than three miles. Out of sight of land for at least six hours, the pilots keep unerringly on course by means of radio equipment privately designed and built by Pan American. Roping South America and the Caribbean (where it serves 31 countries) and criss-crossing Alaska, Pan American planes fly 5,700,000 mi. a year over 25,500 mi. of scheduled routes with an efficiency record of 99.678%. The technical staff has complete case histories on in hurricanes, and has developed a procedure, notably over the Caribbean, in Alaska and across the Andes...