Word: levelling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...miles inland from Los Angeles, lies a strange, unnatural lake. It is eleven miles long and four miles wide, with clearly defined shores and what look like beaches. But, except for a short time after a rare desert rain, the lake has no water. Its smooth and precisely level surface is cement-hard dark-red mud. Its one surface craft is a weathered wooden dummy battleship, built long ago as a bomber target. Above it, in the bright desert sky, thunder the real craft of Muroc Dry Lake...
Chuck got his wings in March 1943 as a flight officer, a warrant rank below the level of the commissioned officers. He joined the 363rd Fighter Squadron and went to England in December. The timid boy from Hamlin flew 64 combat missions, shot down 13 German airplanes, won a captaincy and a hatful of decorations...
...doesn't make the difference either, although an oarsman usually doesn't hit his peak of physical efficiency until his early twenties. (Bolles thinks the large number of older crewmen account for the high level of competition in postwar rowing). But Ted Anderson's presence in this year's boat seems to provide ample evidence that this rule is not infallible...
...worse economic shape than any country in Europe. Franco must receive U. S. aid if his government is to survive; he needs an estimated $700,000,000 to keep the Spanish economy from going bust. His industry is near-bankrupt, railway system wrecked, food-production cut to a starvation level. Thirty-one percent of the total national revenue supports his armed forces. And a lot of people in this country have been anxious to help...
...change in the plans of the architects, eliminating one loop of the paths, is expected to postpone the completion of the job even longer. The third level entrance of Lamont has been closed since vacation because of the construction work...