Word: flatted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...students who are completing two years of College this June, eight-week summer internships with the United Nations are open. These pay a flat $300, "for living expenses...
...Also missing (with one exception: They Can't Take That Away from Me) are the romantic Gershwin tunes which used to lift and carry their pictures along. Nevertheless, what is left makes much better entertainment than most cinemusicals. Except for a few slow spots, e.g., a flat-footed Scottish number in kilts and some noisy, slashing attacks on a concert grand by Pianist Oscar Levant, the show moves along at a lively clip...
Chuck knew now that the B-29 was in a flat power glide to increase its speed to 240 m.p.h., minimum flying speed of the loaded X-1. "B29 eight zero zero," chanted Major Cardenas, "30 seconds to drop time...
...aviation dude ranch called Pancho's Fly-Inn (or the Happy Bottom Riding Club). The ranch has its own airport, lighted at night, so that guests, friends and airborne wayfarers can fly in at all hours. The Fly-Inn is a much-buzzed place. Standing alone on the flat desert with only a few low trees, it invites the dangerous prank that all young pilots play, no matter what the threats of flying field managers or military C.O.s. Chuck Yeager has roared low over the ranch in every sort of airplane, including the fastest jets. When he buzzes...
Henry Ford's price cuts were not the biggest of the week but, because of the size of his company, they were probably the most significant. They called for a reduction of $12 to $30 on Fords, $80 to $120 on Mercurys, and a flat $100 on Lincolns...