Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Five sleek, silver-coated Lockheed Orions were already in their hangars at Floyd Bennett Field, N. Y. and United Airport, Burbank, Calif, last week, two more on their way from the factory. They are specially built, low-wing monoplanes, windowless, with retractable landing gear, designed to fly 170 m. p. h. with half-ton loads. The schedule westbound calls for take-off at 6 p. m., arrival at 8:45 a. m. Eastbound, take-off 12:45 p.m., arrive...
Thin, unfunny in spots and marred on the première by the brandied roarings of a number of Mr. Astaire's fashionable friends, Gay Divorce nevertheless provides a generous measure of polite entertainment. Luella Gear, cast as Actress Luce's guide, philosopher and friend, is dryly humorous, sings one funny song about a "brave young American girl of 37" who proclaims herself "true to the Red. White & Blue" at a Communist gathering, another about an unfortunate family of Fitches. Eric Blore plays an amusing barman...
Next the Royal regalia was brought to the robing room of the House of Lords. Shortly before noon the King & Queen drove over from Buckingham Palace, were assisted into their gear and began their solemn, stately walk to the two gold thrones in the House of Lords. Once a year His Majesty opens Parliament for the excellent reason that he has closed it, and this salutary closing (a formality performed by the Lord Chancellor) kills hundreds of bills which have not yet passed both Houses, thus clearing the Parliamentary decks for action...
Over the Exhibition the Guardian glowed: "The surprising bicycle 'boom' of the last 18 months is shown here in all its glory, from midget machines to luxurious tandems with no fewer than eight gears which can be changed with a flick of the wrist while the cyclists are actually pedaling. There is thus no need on these machines to freewheel while slipping into another gear...
...lustre, is hard, and has long been used to plate iron & steel. In all those qualities chromium surpasses nickel. When Professor Fink and others showed how chromium could be electroplated manufacturers quickly adopted chromium plating for electrotypes, motor car radiator shells, bumpers and other accessories, plumbing fixtures, mirrors, kitchen gear...