Word: expert
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...imperceptible, pressure on the bit so gentle that Vast, Si Murray or Olympic can perform with silk threads instead of reins. The secret of dressage lies as much in the delicacy of the rider's hands as of the horse's mouth. Major Tuttle is an expert violinist. Olympic is now valued at $15,000. He cost $1. Like Vast and Si Murray, who cost $100 each, he is a thoroughbred race horse considered valueless by his former owner because he could not, or was too clever to, run fast...
Without attempting to compete with round-trip prices offered by the railroads, because this train is on the de luxe order, offering the best in comfort for students and their guests, including ladies. Meals will receive the most expert attention, and a table will be assigned each party. Refreshments of the liquid variety will be served during the trip...
When Berley Winton, poultry expert of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, was informed by the Press last week that a Japanese farmer named Kichi Fujikura claimed a new world's record of 361 eggs in a year for his Leghorn hen, he grudgingly exclaimed: "That's mighty fine, but the farmer's claims are unofficial. We don't recognize them...
...Expert Winton proudly pointed to an official mark of 360 eggs, set by a Corvallis, Ore. Leghorn in 1934-35. Questioned further, he consulted his records, discovered that the official world's champion was a Black Orpington which laid 363 eggs in New Zealand...
...tubes and a unique short-wave radio station, WIZJ. A ninety-two ton magnet for unclear physics investigation is contemplated. The shops work all summer and have over 2000 parts in stock. Some eighty research men work with the Cruft and Coolidge machinery and mechanics, among whom are two expert glass-blowers...