Word: jetted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Baltimore, a professor of Physics showed his class of Johns Hopkins students liquid air, took some in his mouth, blew out a jet of steam. The low temperature of the fluid, explained, caused it to evaporate in his mouth. Would any one else like to try the experiment? One Joseph Phillips, a sceptical sophomore, stepped to the platform. Instead of merely holding the liquified gases in his mouth, he raised high the beaker, swallowed at a gulp. In- stantly, he began to gasp, to gag, strangle. He was in grave danger, everyone saw, of being blasted by the expanding vapor...
...Eminence Cardinal Maffi is 67 years of age. Like the Pope, he has a hobby- Science, in which he is extremely well versed. In appearance, he is a typical Romano- high forehead, heavy overhanging brows, full mouth, quantities of white hair which was once jet black. His ideas are modern, too modern for some of his followers. Not long ago, he proposed at his own expense to erect a statue to Galileo, famed scientist, equally famed as a heretic. Pisa went mad. Nevertheless, he is extremely popular and is known as the "War Cardinal" because he advocated a fight...
...week was to be spent mainly in securing recruits to the Bolshevik ranks. Lenin's jet-black tomb in Red Square, Moscow, was to be visited by all true Bolshies, and everywhere was to be proclaimed the principles for which the dead Red leader lived and died...
Chiefest and best known among his peccant intimates of those stormy days was the lady known as "Claire", a Highland lass, actually named Kate Drummond, "slim and dark, very trim and neat, with jet-black hair." She was one of the class aptly known as "unfortunates", but Stevenson's affection for her appears rot to have been wholly sensual. Rather she filled a gap for him. He was a lonely youth, with few intimates other than his drunken cronies. She stands out significantly among all his later amours?reputable and otherwise. And Stevenson was ever the lover, his hot eager...
Fred Stone, commanding exponent of clean fun, is just leaving. Jack Hazzard entangled himself with a failure called Bye, Bye, Barbara, but will probably be back. Other vacant niches are labeled: Sam Bernard, Lew Fields, Frank Tinney. Yet their absence cannot discourage the general jet of joy. It seems that louder and funnier theatricals are inevitable. In fact, loudest and funniest...