Word: deviousness
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Although the old crate's instrument panel had been stripped clean, the two fliers by devious means got a compass and an altimeter. They rigged up an air speed indicator from the spring of a broken chair. Nazi sentries patrolled a quarter-mile away, but the fliers cycled out night after night to work on the plane. They got automobile gasoline and tried redistilling it themselves...
...though I were going to burst." But Liu did not talk; months later the Japanese released him, still under suspicion, let him join the Puppet Government at Nanking. Traveling one day from Shanghai to Nanking by train, Liu outwitted shadowing spies, slipped off at a way station. By devious route he then made his way to Chungking, told his story to Steele...
...real honest-to-goodness fire engine conveyed and conveyed the contestants to the field of play by a devious route which included Radcliffe. P. Dammann entertained all concerned with renditions of his favorite songs...
...nefarious activities of his twin brother. Off to Africa goes the twin upon learning that his brother is ministering to a native tribe with a storehouse full of diamonds. There he teams up with Slick Latimer to kill the good doctor and replace him. His true identity and devious intentions eventually reveal themselves to Nyoka, who, with the aid of Aviator Jack Stanton and his pal, Curly, manages to turn the diamonds into safe U.S. dollars after assuring the natives that the cash will be used to establish a medical foundation to improve their health...
...been a long, slow, bitter and devious fight. Yet the outcome, which was a 100% New Deal victory, contained unexpected cheer for Wall Street, too. On the same day that Frank announced he had broken the problem's back, utility holding company preferred stocks began to go up. A flock of them-Standard Gas, Engineers Public Service, Electric Power & Light, Commonwealth & Southern-made new highs for the year. Some brokers reported that 75% of their buying orders were for utility holding company preferreds and bonds. Most succinct explanation for this backhanded phenomenon was that of Shearson, Hammill & Co.: "About...