Word: drawned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Wind tunnel: An elongated chamber (usually a tube) through which a steady air stream may be drawn or forced...
...first names, went down to Ascot Heath last week. Whether it is rainy or the sun is shining, the King and all smart Britishers must go to Ascot every year. From Windsor with his good wife and the Prince of Wales he drove through the rain in a landau drawn by six perfectly matched greys mounted by postillions in scarlet coats frogged with gold. He saw Lord Derby's Toboggan, a nice bay filly, win the $25,000 Coronation Stakes while his own horse, Scuttle, came in third; he saw Brown Jack win the Royal Ascot Stakes by three...
...more influential of the guests of Financier Jones into two classes: 1) lean, hungry Senators and Representatives from the South and West, leaders in Democratic and near-Democratic states, and 2) jovial, well-fed city bosses from the North and East. The issue between the two groups was sharply drawn, the South v. the Cities, Dry v. Wet, Protestant v. Catholic, the Field v. Candidate Smith. Almost for the first time in party history, the bosses were united on a candidate and promised to stampede the convention...
...Thus far my government has not lacked the goodwill of the country, nor the protection of God, nor the King's confidence. . . . The heirs of my government never will be the leaders of the regime which preceded mine, but will continue my policies and will be drawn from the Party of Patriotic Union [founded by the dictator among military menand staunch monarchists...
...Conn., June 20--In the draw for lanes today for the Harvard-Yale regatta, Harvard won the East course for all the contests. Instead of tossing a coin as had been done in former years, two pieces of paper with the names of the lanes marked on them were drawn out of a hat. This was done four times, once for each of the four races...