Word: gale
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...destination was Copenhagen, thence to Mr. Hillig's Steinbrucken. But the weather, none too good during the Winnie Mae's crossing, had improved not at all in the next 13 hours. Expanses of fog were relieved only by rain; cloud banks were broken only by a northeast gale. For 17 hours the flyers saw no water. Early in the morning Pilot Hoiriis spiralled the plane down through a rift in the clouds-and there was land! It must be England, dead on the path of Copenhagen. Any moment they expected to sight the English Channel beyond the island...
Cruising had been smooth and uneventful. Then unexpectedly the batteries began to fail. Next the starboard engine failed completely. On one engine, the Nautilus grunted through quiet seas at 8 knots. A gale came up. All night the crippled submarine fought the waves. By morning Sir Hubert decided he had better wireless for help. The U. S. S. Wyoming and Arkansas turned to rescue. The Shipping Board tanker Independence Hall was close to the Nautilus. The liner President Roosevelt headed for the trouble. In the rocky sea it took all day long to throw a line between the Nautilus...
Said Life's open letter: ". . . For a month or two now the toilers of the fairway have been knocking your new ball around. ... They are thwacking it mightily into the toughest gale, watching it hover and dip and rise again, often to soar away like a homing bird into the trees to some unplayable nest. They are putting it diligently into the cup, diligently and boldly-boy, she's in!-oop-a curl and a flip and out pops Big Boy for another try. ... It was a disappointment in May; it will be hated in June...
...second act was not equal to this beginning, chiefly because it contained most of the musical ventures which were distinctly below par. Miss Sandra Gale's attempt to revive the "Moanin Low" motif was distinctly a failure while the remainder of the singing depended more on the vitality of the singers rather than their vocal abilities. Walter O'Keefe's "When Yuba Plays The Tuba" was the only song that really succeeded...
...some of the business boys and bankers right through the bus windows. They managed to scramble back again however. I called a conference . . . [and] issued a statement assuring everybody that the storm had passed and not to worry. Well, no sooner did the words leave my mouth than another gale came up. Then it began to snow. ... I looked around and saw that one of the boys, Charlie Curtis, had a coating of ice on his moustache. Claudius Huston had both ears nipped and . . . Andy Mellon . . . was sitting on the floor of the bus rubbing...