Word: hoisted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bigheaded, slim girl of 20, Queen Victoria of England, signed a charter authorizing the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. to operate its 14 paddle-wheel steamers between England and the West Indies. That shipping business prospered although sometimes the new-fangled engines broke down and the captains had to hoist sails. When modern screw propellers were invented, the Royal Mail was the first to adopt the device. When there happened to be bargains in ships. Royal Mail bought them. Now its fleets, including the 500,000 tons of the White Star Line, count 2,500,000 gross tonnage, the largest...
...lining a putt on the 17th which he must sink if the match was to go on . . . and Jones missing that putt and standing with a cigaret in his mouth while he saw Von Elm tap his ball into the hole; while he saw a roistering squad of spectators hoist Von Elm, to their shoulders, while he saw Von Elm, bobbing and blushing after his magnificent exploit; receive the gold cup that meant the national amateur championship...
...these objectors, Rear Admiral Fiske?who has also invented a torpedo-plane, a telescope, a rangefinder, an ammunition hoist, a range indicator, a gun director system, a system for detecting submarines and an electromagnetic system for exploding torpedoes under ships?made answer...
...Lenin Hoist With His Own Petard...