Word: flashed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...large truckload of souvenirs acquired by the King in the Balkans, including Bulgarian rosewater and pots of a kind of jam he liked in Greece. As son went in to dine with devoted mother a crowd, cheering outside Buckingham Palace in the deep dusk, glimpsed only the white flash of His Majesty's starched shirtfront, concluded from the low visibility of King Edward's face that he must have become very tanned...
...photographers were summoned. When Governor Landon hung back in the crowd of notables, President Roosevelt turned to Governor Herring, said. "Won't you bring the Governor up closer?" Nominee Landon took his stance by the President's side and the two grinned amiably at each other as flash bulbs flared. The photographs, centring every eye on Alf Landon in the midst of a mass of dark-suited figures, proved that the Republican nominee had performed his master maneuver, whether planned or accidental, when he put on a white suit that morning...
...embargo prohibiting arms shipments to Spain (TIME, Aug. 17) which was originally proposed by the new French Cabinet of Socialist Premier Léon Blum, promptly accepted by Britain and belatedly agreed to fortnight ago by Italy. After a beaming exchange of compliments, the French Ambassador hurried off to flash the good news to his Government. Paris afternoon papers were the most friendly to Germany in months. In effect a kiss of diplomatic accord had been given by Aryan Hitler to Jew Blum, and that was news at which every lover of Peace rejoiced...
Greatest REA triumph was the ramshackle old cow barn with its dirt floor. To protect the 70 cows from flies there were electrically-charged copper screens. When a fly tried to get through the ½in. openings, there was a little flash, a ping -and the dead fly fell into a metal trough at the bottom of the window. Each cow had its individual drinking fountain, which spouted water when nuzzled. Cows were cooled by electric fans, clipped by electric razors, milked by electric machines. The hay they ate was hoisted into the trough by electric motors. The milk they...
...wagered in 30 days. What improvements to make after purses have been raised may be a problem. The track already has the largest grandstand in the U. S., an "eye in the sky" to photograph close finishes at the rate of 165 frames a second, an electric totalizator to flash changing pari-mutuel odds on every race, a public address system, a polo field in the infield...