Word: hotter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Boston Traveler's Photographer Frank Gushing was out on assignment when he heard a police broadcast of what sounded like a hotter story 2½ miles away. A tough youngster with a gun, chased by the cops, had seized a boy as a shield and was holding off a dozen policemen. The youngster was taking pot shots at the cops, and threatening to shoot his hostage if they came closer...
...Smallholder leaders. Communists and their close allies grabbed 64% of the top Government jobs, including the Ministry of Interior with the police and the all-powerful Political Section. As the Red army of occupation (around 100,000) prepared to move out, the Communists turned the heat on even hotter. They wanted to be sure they would not lose the next election, scheduled for September...
...Bird. The scrotum system does not work with birds, because it might cause supersonic disturbances during flight. Birds' testes must be "faired into" the neatly streamlined body. But many birds breed in warm weather, even though their blood may get hotter than 42° C (107.6° F). How do they do it? Have their spermatogenic cells learned to work at high temperatures...
Meanwhile, crowded into green Argentine Army tents in Buenos Aires' waterfront park, they stared at the glittering skyline, at the bulging grain elevators, and the ships from half the world loading with rich Argentine produce. Patiently they bore the midsummer heat (Paraguay would be hotter), queued for food, washed themselves at one open hydrant, spoke in Plattdeutsch of husbands, sons and brothers not yet given up for lost. Sometimes at night a few gathered around an accordion to sing "Now thank we all our God, with hearts and hands and voices...
Another geyser, hotter than ever, boiled up from the underwater world of ballpoint pens. As usual, it was started by Milton Reynolds, the Old Faithful of ball-pointism (TIME...