Word: legging
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...request from Sweden for a monthly delivery of 15,000 to 20,000 bunches of bananas. In Delmar, Del., George Morris, a plumber, was obliged to dig a hole under a house. Crawling in, he felt a stinging sensation on one arm, felt something wrapping itself around his leg. Investigation showed that Morris, who was later removed to a hospital, had invaded the lair of 27 fierce snakes. On behalf of the town of Chipley, Fla., the Orange County Chamber of Commerce branded as " a silly lie, false and absurd," the story (broadcasted a month ago through the press...
Strange three-toed tracks were found on blocks of sandstone on a farm six miles from Leesburg, Va., quarried to make a walk on the estate, formerly owned by President James Monroe. Smithsonian Institution scientists, investigating, declared it the footprint of a dinosaur's hind-leg, the fourth toe being too short to make an impression. Further digging in the quarry may reveal new finds. Comparatively few traces of dinosaurs have been found in the Eastern states...
...jogs over the river course this afternoon. So far, the Crimson men have kept their slate clean, but it is probable that both Dartmouth and Maine will present stiffer opposition than did Middlebury or Bowdoin. Captain Coburn, who has been out of both races because of an injured leg, will probably be able to run this week...
When " Al" Williams went round the course he felt sleepy. On turning pylons, his brain refused to function for several seconds owing to the terrific pressure of centrifugal force. On the last leg he forgot he had finished and went around once again. When he got out of his cockpit, his legs had gone to sleep. But he forgot sleep, fatigue, grease, wind and dirt, when his chief Admiral Moffett slammed his own hat on the pilot's head and asked some one to "give the boy a drink...
...return trip from Chicago to Lakehurst, tests of gasoline consumption showed more than a mile to the gallon. The total fuel cost on this leg of the trip was $150, a fraction of the coal bill for a limited train. And she could have carried ten tons of cargo or passengers in addition to a crew...