Word: kiting
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...last 30 years, Marshal of the R.A.F. Sir Arthur Harris has progressed from attacking Iraqi and Indian tribes men in a bailing-wire kite to crumpling the huge Nazi war machine with his powerful, purring Bomber Command...
...MARK P. KITE...
...neighborhoods. (Voice of the Turtle Producer Alfred de Liagre Jr.'s wife was already out $20,000 worth.) Comedienne Raye, who opened her closet and found her jewel box empty, set her loss at $15,000. Among the 16 whim whams missing: 1) a diamond-&-ruby ring (one kite diamond, one 32-karat diamond, 28 bluewhite diamonds, four rubies), 2) a pair of earrings (34 white diamonds, eight baguette diamonds, 3) a diamond-&-topaz ring (18 pearl-shaped diamonds, 46 blue-white diamonds), 4) a bracelet watch (30 white diamonds, twelve small rubies). Any clue...
...Then he applied himself to the fundamentals of parachuting and gliding. His first jump came off without incident; his first glider ride characteristically ended in a rousing wreck, from which he jumped clear, ending up bruised in body and dignity, but professionally impressed with the way the ungainly box kite could put down a whole squad, jeep or gun in one place...
...enemy line was broken at a spot that he could not afford to lose. If he had been as quick and as sure of himself as before, if he had not been disorganized and close to the breaking point, he should have been able to kite another check...