Word: droving
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Then Franz Ferdinand got into a high-sided touring car with the top down. Sophie sat at his side and General Potiorek, the Governor of the Province, occupied a jump seat in front of them. The procession of four cars formed-one ahead and two behind them-and they drove on toward the Town Hall...
...imperial car drove slowly to give the peasants a good view. General Potiorek was pointing out some new barracks to the Archduke and his wife. The passengers did not see wild-eyed young Chabrinovitch take a small bomb from his pocket and knock off its cap against a post. But the chauffeur noticed and stepped on the gas. A small black object hurtled through the air, struck the rear of the car, fell spinning to the street. Then with a roar and a flash the bomb exploded. Several bystanders were injured. The Archduke's aide, riding in the third...
...more disgusted than frightened by this bucolic attempt on his life, said: "Come on. The fellow is crazy. Let us proceed with our program." A board was put over the fragments in the street, a, policeman stood on it to keep peasants from prying, and the three remaining cars drove on to the Town Hall. So the incident ended...
Motoring is a Plugge passion; he once drove every foot of the way from New York to Los Angeles and back. Captain Plugge greatly admires U. S. mechanical ingenuity. Last week, while driving over Connecticut's Merritt Parkway, a highspeed, four-lane artery paralleling the cluttered old Post Road, Captain Plugge greatly admired the glass curb reflectors which outline the road at night. He stopped, got out, examined the reflectors minutely with a flashlight. Later he asked the Connecticut Highway Department for samples and manufacturing details, saying he intended to urge installation of the reflectors on English highways...
HARVARD--Johns was called out on strikes. Gannett singled, stole second, and counted on Grondahl's ringing triple to deep right center. This drove Joe Wood out of the box and Dud Humphrey, his successor, walked Lupien, but forced Hoye to pop out and got Tully on a grounder, first-baseman unassisted. Two hits...