Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rightist troop morale in southern Spain, according to the Leftists, was ebbing, partly because of military factors but even more because Rightists were being tempted by every means of expert Leftist propaganda to drop their rifles, come on over and share Spain. Leaflets dropped from airplanes and shot over no-man's land in Leftist skyrockets read: "Brothers, among us everyone owns everything in Spain collectively! The proof is that every man behind our lines gets all the land he can till free. Is that true behind your lines? We promise 'Bread, Land and Liberty...
...badminton equipment. With the net stretched 5 ft. high, across a court 44 by 20 ft., procedure and purposes are similar to tennis except that every shot must be a volley. Scoring is like squash. When the momentum given it by the racquet is spent the bird does not drop like a ball but parachutes to the floor. Hence, retrieving is the most important part of the game and badminton, much easier to learn than tennis, is more taxing to play...
...Guide Bill Hatch, credit for inventing the "drop-back" method of hooking sailfish (giving 20 ft. or so of slack after the fish's first tap, before striking...
...masses of flesh and bone, she reasons, should counter-balance so that the body's centre of gravity lies in the sacrum (base of the spine). When the human animal stands properly erect, an imaginary line should cut the nose, chin, breastbone and crotch. Another imaginary line should drop from the mastoid, in front of the shoulder joint, through the elbow and little finger (palm turned to the rear), side of knee and ankle. This is achieved by standing with feet together, shoulders held back, abdomen tucked in, buttocks clenched...
...points below par, the Government bond market leveled off last week for the first time since the decline began early last month (TIME, March 22). Widely regarded as marking the end of the long bull market in bonds and the start of an inflationary stage in Recovery, the drop in Governments was followed by the shelving of half a dozen corporate bond offerings and a general tightening of sensitive short-term money rates. By any normal standard money was still ridiculously cheap but the up trend was unmistakable...