Word: floating
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fact that we are appearing gratis is but one indication of the importance of the occasion," said manager Skinner. Ordinarily the band will not march at all unless provided with a motor-driven float to stand on; but community spirit has given new courage to our sagging arches...
...second and getting it in the clear without a bit of lost motion. His height (6 ft. 5 in.), long arms and springy legs all help. But his prize asset is a big, soft hand with long fingers that enables him to shoot a "soft" ball; it seems to float lazily from his fingertips, either drops clean or drowzes tantalizingly on the basket rim, then falls...
Geologists are fascinated by the difference between the two great oceans. One of the more daring, Alfred Wegener of Germany, proffered an alluring theory to explain it. According to Wegener, the interior of the earth is a thick, hot, plastic substance. The continents, in large part comparatively light granite, float on it like icebergs. Under the oceans, the earth's crust is largely basalt, which is heavier than granite and inclined to sink...
...continents not only float, said...
...seven months of the bear market, stocks have fallen so much and trading has been so dull that many a company has not been able to float new security issues, get cash needed for expansion. Four days before the FRB announcement, the market had its worst sinking spell in nearly two months. Stocks fell one to ten points; the Dow-Jones industrial averages dropped 2.76 points to 172.49. The day after the announcement, the market, which had recovered somewhat, bounced up, even though margin trading would not actually start till February...