Word: ironized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...brilliant engineer who pioneered the structural use of iron, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, born in Dijon in 1832, had built daring bridges in France, Portugal, Bolivia, Indo-China and Hungary, but the Tower which bears his name was always his favorite baby. In its top he made his home and laboratory for aerodynamic experiments until his retirement in 1921: his longevity (he died at the age of 91) he ascribed to the fine air he breathed in his lofty nest...
...weak, 22O-yd. drive on the 480-yd. 13th and his jig seemed to be up. His ball was in a downhill lie; yawning in front of the green 260 yards away was a deep, water-filled ravine. Without hesitation Guldahl took a spoon instead of a safe iron, swung with all his 200 pounds, sent the ball whistling across the ravine to the green, six feet from the cup. When he sank the putt for an eagle, the tournament was his. His record 72-hole total: 279, nine under...
...their 16-cylinder scarlet Cadillac, which looks like a fire engine and has "Dr. Brinkley" printed on the body. She drives him to their $100,000 red, white and blue estate called "Palm Drive in Hudson Gardens," in the suburbs of Del Rio. On the estate's three iron gates, which are guarded by two huskies and three biting geese, are blazoned the words "Dr. Brinkley," and at night "Dr. Brinkley" gleams in neon lights over the splashing fountains and the swimming pool. The green lawns and blue paths are studded with statues, and over the red front door...
Although the Council's proposal for a virtually Iron-clad guarantee of admission to Juniors and Seniors was turned down, the Housemasters approved the general Principe of admitting a large number of upperclassmen...
...sorrow of Czecho-Slovakia, and still to the surprise of France and England, Aggrandizer Hitler took the Sudetenland on Oct.1, 1938-area: some 10,800 square miles; population: some 3,500,000; resources: rich deposits of coal and iron, highly developed industries principally textiles, glassware, chemicals. According to Neville Chamberlain, the Führer said at Munich...