Word: laggards
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...which took off from Rio de Janeiro for Miami as proudly as if she had not been nine months on the way from Switzerland. Her sponsors set a leisurely schedule of nine days for the northward flight, but a crankcase broke near Para, Brazil, and there the laggard sat down again to await a new motor from Natal...
...after the engines when a big fire breaks out, is the little group of men & women who strive for fame as flying passengers. Such a one is Mrs. Clara Adams of Tannersville, Pa. who flew last week via Pan-American Airways to Rio de Janeiro, there to board the laggard giant DO-X for its flight...
...Vagabond in sheer disgust turned back to Memorial Hall. As he climbed the steep ascent to Haven his steps were laggard. And then, on the three hold he stood transfixed. There, staring out of the tower, spy glass in hand, was a wily Oriental peering off to the Charles where Princeton was practicing for the race. As he watched, he muttered to himself, "Oh Tiger, father Tiger...
...Laggard's Withdrawal, Far behind the great motor companies, partially obscured by their dust, the laggards of the industry in vain attempt to overtake their competitors. Last week one of these laggards drew to a halt, abandoned the race. Stockholders of Gardner Motor Co. Inc. were asked to approve the complete liquidation of their company...
...Laggard Brains. "Is there any use of making it possible for a man to live to be go, if his brain dies...