Word: felted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...eternity. All this time I had this keen desire to pull the ripcord. I had to keep telling myself, 'If you do, you'll slow down and freeze to death or die from lack of oxygen.' Just as I was considering pulling the cord, I felt a shock. I looked up to see the chute. All I could see was cloud. But I could tell from pulling on the risers that I had a good chute...
...lightning. Boy, do I remember that lightning. I never exactly heard the thunder; I felt it. I remember falling through hail, and that worried me; I was afraid the hail would tear the chute. Sometimes I was falling through heavy water-I'd take a breath and breathe in a mouthful of water. Sometimes I had the sensation I was looping the chute. I was blown up and down as much as 6,000 feet at a time. It went on for a long time, like being on a very fast elevator, with strong blasts of compressed air hitting...
...Brandell felt that, despite the economic and political advances brought in integration, cultural changes have not kept pace. He doubted the value of cultural integration, and averred that Continental diversity has great value...
...parts of Thailand, Siamese banker Dusdee Svasti-Xuto commented in the first part of the Seminar. Life in this country is related to the Buddhist and Brahmist priests, while people work "for happiness and not for gain." Due to the cultural set-up of the country, Svasti-Xuto felt natives did not want to accept a Western mode of living...
...Ceylon want neither Western capitalism nor Soviet communism, a Ceylonese official asserted at the forum. Victor Mahatantila stated that Ceylon follows a neutralist policy as it looks for the best possible way of life. Belonging to the British Commonwealth of Nations, however, brings specific advantages to Ceylon, Mahatantila felt...