Word: feathering
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...report had been "improperly edited," and should never have been put out "with the philosophy that Americans might well look askance at their neighbors." The Army, he said, had no evidence of spying by Stein or Miss Smedley, and it was not a U.S. policy to "tar and feather people without proof." Journalist Smedley said she was grateful, but added: ". . . the retraction rarely catches up with...
...costing about $15 million. The Q cannot compete, timewise, with the Union Pacific, which has a much shorter route. So Budd shrewdly decided, by use of the Vista Dome, to "sell the breath-taking scenery" of the road's route through the Colorado Rockies and California's Feather River Canyon...
Comedienne Beatrice Lillie, currently cleaning up on Broadway in Inside U.S.A., got herself all dolled up in a black taffeta maid's uniform complete to feather duster, to sweep up a few laughs at Manhattan's annual March of Dimes fashion show...
...class, has been getting almost too heavy for his position lately. Chafee says Rupp's weight-gaining pounds home the need for some more lightweights on the team. But that doesn't mean that Bill Joyner at 121 and Chip Carter at 136 aren't a feather in any coaches...
...wings of many birds are also slotted so that the angle of attack (and the lift) may be increased without risking a stall. They have a movable feather called an "alula," which usually rests against the leading edge. When the bird needs extra lift from its wings (i.e., for a quick, high-angle climb), it increases its wings' angle of attack. Then it opens a slot by moving the alula. A thin stream of air rushes over the wing, preventing a stall...