Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that resembled an ordinary biplane. He circled the field, landed normally, few minutes later took off again. While he was in midair, watchers on the ground saw the upper wing begin to revolve like the vanes of a gyro. This time George Townson landed in the steep, space-saving drop characteristic of a gyro, came to earth gently...
...took in $409,000,000 compared with $358,000.000 in the same period last year. Yet profits were down from $29.000.000 to $27,000,000. Even in the June quarter when Chrysler had little to charge off to strikes, the company's profit margin showed a sharp drop, from 19.8% in 1930 to 14.7% in 1937. Labor and material might be rising but any company that can retain nearly 15? operating profit from each $1 of sales still looked good to Wall Street, and Chrysler stock closed last week at $115 per share, up from the June...
...proposed merger of Detroit's Motor Products Corp. with Detroit's body-building Briggs Manufacturing Co. (TIME. Dec. 21): A Vote by the Briggs stock-holders last week to drop the plan...
Your May 24 treatment of my Bulkley letter was fair and even co-operative in spirit and I wish to drop you a note of thanks...
First favorites to drop out were Helen Jacobs, Anita Lizana and Hilda Sperling. While they were losing to Dorothy Round, Simone Mathieu and Alice Marble, respectively, Jaja was busy beating the weakest sister among the quarter-finalists, England's Peggy Scriven. Two days later, Jaja defeated erratic Alice Marble, 8-6, 6-2, in the semi-finals after being behind at 3-5 and set-point in the first set. This achievement made her a strong favorite to bring Poland its first title in Wimbledon history...