Word: gears
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...plane circling above the Gettysburg airport, Aviator Paul Charles climbed under the wings, lashed a broken landing gear, returned to guide the machine safely to earth. At 21, Charles is said to be the youngest licensed commercial pilot...
...athlete, helpless under what has been called "the dumbing influence of athletics", is struck down with an adding machine and his body run over by the juggernaut of the intelligence quotient. He cannot answer his assailants: they themselves have said that his weapons are duller than standard fighting gear. One learns to accept all things in time; it remains painful, however, to picture the Carnegie Foundation clipping from behind...
...small eyes rolling wickedly, he purposed to charge down a street thronging with pre-dinner-time crowds. Stalked fear, reigned panic. Suddenly from the doorway of an office building emerged the great matador* Fortuna. 'He had been upstairs signing a contract. He carried no bull baiting gear, wore an inconspicuous rain coat. Even . thus he was instantly recognized. Screamed women: "Save us Fortuna!" Throated men: "Kill the bull:" Serene, the great Fortuna moved with unhurried, catlike swiftness to satisfy the unreasonable demands of his public. Stripping off his rain coat he stepped before the bull, swirling the garment through...
...their evening gear and party moods, the Secretaries did not much resemble the men they are during their working hours. Lately (a month ago) the Secretaries left their desks and followed their leader out to the White House lawn. Beside one of the gravelled paths, six chairs were arranged-five straightbacks and one armchair-for picture-taking. President Coolidge, in one of his new grey double-breasted suits, sat in the armchair, motioning short, white-haired Secretary Frank Billings Kellogg to his right side. In the end chair on that side, well-built, well-dressed, young-looking Secretary...
Agricultural and lumbering tools are included in the collection, with several devices used in the preparation of food stiffs. One machine has a simple gear arrangement, with a crank turned by hand, and is one of the forerunners of the complicated machines of today...