Word: inched
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...appeared at once that it was a far more difficult task to hurl a football through an 18-inch aperture from a distance of 20 feet than the originator of the game had anticipated. Last night it was suggested that it might be necessary either to lessen the safety zone to a shorter distance than 20 feet or else increase the size of the holes...
...demonstration was held in the neighborhood of Fortress Monroe and Langley Field, Virginia. First, airplanes simulated an attack on a dummy battleship marked out on the ground, a large number of small bombs being dropped on the target. Next, airplanes towing sleeve targets were fired on by two three-inch anti-aircraft guns, by six machine guns; three of the larger shells burst so close to the small target as to be counted as scores. The third practice was at night, airplanes attempting to drop flares on Fortress Monroe while five searchlights sought them in the dark. The airplanes succeeded...
...taking his first specimens of marine surface-walking insects-a Sargassum fish with fins like hands-and a mass of its eggs which are now hatching in the aquarium of the Arcturus. In spite of the weather, bottom dredging was possible to a depth of three miles. A half-inch cable, containing seven strands of 19 wires each (133 wires in all), was paid out from the drums for three hours, while the steamer drifted in the trough of the swell. The steamer proceeded at about three knots an hour. It then required another three hours to wind the cable...
...moving, independent of the action of her teeth and tongue. She screamed, spat vehemently, alarming many nearby customers of the Horn & Hardart Co. When the object she ejected passed her lips it bit her, causing her lip to bleed. A curious insect -or reptile -about a quarter of an inch long, badly mangled by Miss Puree's teeth, lay upon the floor. Miss Puree declared that it was a lizard; the manager of the restaurant held that it was merely a roach, wasp or centipede, that its evil look was due to its own, not to Miss Puree...
...After suffering the explosion of three underwater bombs of the largest size and two torpedo explosions, also of the largest size, directly against the hull, with no repair of leaks and no pumps going, the Washington remained afloat four days and was finally sunk by 14 hits of 14-inch shell fired at very oblique impacts to obtain data with respect to penetration of armor. The ship sank two and three-quarters hours from the time the guns opened fire...