Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Japan must abandon her attitude of dominance in the Far East!" cried Hongkong Hu. "She must drop all pretensions to sponsorship of an 'Asiatic Monroe Doctrine.' This ambitious doctrine-tantamount to Japanese assumption of superiority in the Far East-must be dropped if fruitful collaboration between China and Japan is to be realized...
Sohn got the idea for his flight three years ago when he began experimenting with body control in delayed-drop parachute jumps. He found that by "swimming" in air he could move 200 to 300 ft. in any direction before jerking his ripcord...
...something to check my drop," said he, "I believe I could move through the air almost at will...
Last week Clem Sohn went up in a plane, jumped at 12,000 ft. After a sheer drop of 2,000 ft. he spread his arms and legs, felt the air sustain him. Like a spread-eagled bat he slanted steeply downward, getting the "feel" of his wings. Bending his knees experimentally, he whipped over in an inside loop. Then he zoomed left & right, leveled off, dived, pulled up in a short climb. Satisfied he had succeeded in his experiment, he folded his wings, pulled the ripcord of his regular parachute at 6,000 ft., landed some three miles from...
Last week railroad stocks sold down to a new low since April 1933. January earnings were thoroughly depressing. Though gross revenues were up slightly, net operating income of the first 51 roads to report showed a drop of 22%. That was a pronounced extension of a trend that set in during 1934 when the 147 Class I carriers reported a gain of nearly 6% in gross revenues, but a decrease of 2½% in net. Plainly, the U. S. Railroad System was boxed in its race against rising costs...