Word: flings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Then rush to hear him have his fling...
...Paris, one Albert Jauron announced that he had perfected an anti- aircraft projectile which, upon exploding in midair, would fling out a net to enmesh or envelop an airplane as a lepidopterist snares a butterfly. The Japanese Government having recently announced the adoption of just such a shell, Inventor Jauron declared he would...
...safe incognito to take a fling...
...wish to state my disapproval of the aspersions you cast upon the life-principles of "George Sherwood Eddy, famed preacher," in TIME, Feb. 23. In the same breath with which you accredit Mr. Eddy with having "in almost every land exhorted for peace, brotherhood," you fling at him the baleful charge: "He bullies men's consciences, he stirs their emotions." Is your method of procedure in matters concerning religion constructive or destructive? If the latter, as these words seem to imply, you would in my opinion, do well to omit the column on RELIGION from your publication...
...latest fad in smart London society is being introduced to New York on April 18 and promises to give the masses--those jaded with leisure and overburdened with wealthy--one little fling at adventure. Imagine what a treasure hunt will mean to those unfortunate souls whose joie de vivre has been crushed by a ceaseless dreary round of charity balls and benefit teas. The aureole of romance which encircles this hunt--a recherché combination of fox hunting and "Hare and Hounds" beginning with a Hunt Breakfast at the Plaza, followed by a wild taxi chase through the city...