Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...time incendiarism was suspected, could not be proved. Last week the Europa had been sufficiently salvaged and repaired to be launched a second time. As she slid into the water at Hamburg all seemed well; but suddenly a potent explosion blasted away almost half the launching ways and gear. Fortunately the Europa was two-thirds in the water when the detonation came and she escaped unharmed. Once again, as when the Europa burned, General Director STIMMING, calm, clear mouthed said: "There is no explanation. Deny all insinuations...
Flying with a mechanic and a passenger between Hartford and Willimantic, Conn, last week, Lieutenant Carl Dixon, Connecticut National Guard pilot, discovered a wheel loose and a strut broken on his landing gear. To land meant wreckage. What to do? He climbed to two thousand feet, gave the controls to the mechanic, who knew but little of piloting, broke a hole in the fuselage bottom, crawled through head first. Hanging by his feet he ingeniously used his belt, a piece of rope and a shoelace to lash the broken gear together. The repair sufficed to let him land safely...
...mean. "We need to talk out of our own experience, not in the language of the past. Instead of saying 'The Lord is my shepherd' you ought to be saying 'God is my storage battery that renews my strength' or 'God is my low gear that takes me up the hills.' "I do not believe the Church now, or its representatives look upon its function as saving men from hell and getting them into heaven. The real values are human welfare and the method of getting it is by human goodwill-I will...
...gear shift is a handgrip extending from the cowl instead of a lever from the floor...
Through the executive offices last week resounded a great beating and pounding of hammers. President Hoover was not disturbed. He knew it was only some workmen enlarging his office basement. What bothered him more was another noise- the clanking and grating of legislative machinery at the capitol, out of gear and threatening to go out of control...