Word: jetted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wretched conditions in which the workers live. The first family consisted of the two parents, both of whom worked, two children at school, and three others under school age. This family of seven lived in three small rooms, only one of which was lighted by a single gas jet. Most of the heat came from the cook stove. Only one room had windows. For this mite they paid a rental of about $26 a month out of a joint weekly wage...
Mise en Scene. When they emerged, the King had exchanged his military garb for robes of state, "the ermine, the purple, and the crown." The Queen of course wore her imposing State Crown, topped by a blazing Maltese Cross of diamonds. A diamond stomacher twinkled on the jet black gown which she had donned in mourning for Queen Alexandra. Close beside the throne stood the Marquis of Salisbury, holding the great Sword of State. Since the Prince of Wales was unable to appear on account of his fractured collar bone (TIME, Feb. 8), his brother, the Duke of York, took...
...there is no end. Il Re Vittorio Emanuele often sends him chamois shot upon the royal estates in Savoy. One humble Fascist is known to have done a painting for him in "pure salad oil." Last week there appeared a portrait of Il Benito done in 352 pages in jet-black printers' ink. Mussolini prefaced it with the remark, "I detest those who take me as the subject of their writings...
Mlle. Eva Curie, it was shortly revealed, is delicately fleshed and possessed of an attractive figure set off by a striking head of jet black hair. She appeared in a low-cut black satin gown, to which was pinned a single scarlet rose. For two hours she rendered with admirable technique and expression a program including selections from Bach, Chopin, Faure, Saint-Saëns, Beethoven. Paris was momentarily charmed...
...nearly 30 years ago that an engineer named Parsons plagued the British Admiralty to take up his steam "turbine" and try it in driving battleships. The Government skeptically observed the plans for a machine which applied the energy of a jet of steam impinging upon the blades or vanes of a wheel to produce the rotation of a shaft to which the wheel was fitted. The Government shook its head and Engineer Parsons returned to Scotland, not unruffled. He had discovered the turbine principle a decade before, had perfected it for small units, was convinced it could drive a ship...