Word: flew
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...largely to the generosity of The Friends of Harvard Rowing, both crews flew to London on a special flight on June 20, only a week after the New London victory. Thanks to this and to the ingenious system of crowding in use on economy flights the crews did not arrive in top condition. The Crimson shells were equally unserviceable at first, for until the arrival of a special form for non-motive racing boats, the shells were kept in customs...
Barnes was sent to North Africa in the first American fighter group to fly support for General Montgomery. He flew 66 missions before being shot down and captured over Tunis. He tried to escape and nearly succeeded--disguised as an Arab, with blackened face and dirty blanket, he managed to get by one German patrol before taking refuge in "a hole at El Hama." There, he says, "I made a poor choice of Arab friends, and one of them turned me over to the Italians. They tried me as a spy before the high command while the British were shelling...
...beginning, Miraglia told police, he always felt that he would spend only what he later could repay. "But I got in so deep I couldn't stop. I lost count of what I was spending." From Montreal he flew back to New York's Statler Hilton, used the card to cash checks, then went on to Las Vegas. There he shot dice at the same table with Frank Sinatra, who said: "Let the kid roll." He rolled and won $400, flew back to Manhattan and checked into the Henry Hudson Hotel in a $60-a-day room...
...that you are accustomed to the very finest service and attention." He ordered eight custom-tailored silk shirts, four pairs of slacks, two sports jackets, an evening outfit of tuxedo, patent leather shoes, soft black hat and walking stick. To hold his finery, he charged two pieces of luggage, flew to Miami Beach's Fontainebleau Hotel and took a $21-a-day room. There, the first suspicious glance was cast at his credit card. The hotel asked for it "to check" did not give it back...
...Mistake." Undisturbed by this, Miraglia went to Havana, checked into the Habana Hilton. On his story that he had "lost" his credit card, proved by showing a shoe store receipt with the credit-card number, he cashed $850 in checks to cover his hotel bills, and flew back to New York. While trying to cash a $120 check at the Plaza, he was recognized, arrested, booked for grand larceny...