Word: lowerings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Protestants might scoff, or heretics sneer. The slant eyelids of infidels might even lower in sedate winks. But General Umberto Nobile clung to the medal as tangible proof that his pious deed of dropping a large Papal cross on the North Pole (TIME, June 4) has found highest favor in the eyes of the Most Blessed Father and Supreme Pontiff, Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti, Pope Pius XI. Enthusiastic, His Holiness sent along with the medal his "warmest congratulations," and finally imparted a solemn Papal blessing...
...Lower Class...
...wish to send a few words of appreciation. . . . The letter is not for publication-to publish it would do you more harm than good. I am of the lower class, and the support you should gain through my influence, among my crowd, would be a sorry bargain...
...Frankfort and started walking toward the edifice. Halfway through the grounds stands a fountain, the overflow of which had only partly frozen on the path. As the three men turned aside to avoid the sludge, five rifle shots were fired with terrible deliberation and enormous echoes from a lower window of the capitol. One of the men near the fountain collapsed, mortally wounded...
Curious things happen to wings in certain positions, owing to such demoniac conflicts as those of suction on the upper surfaces and pressure on the lower. The adjustment must be delicate or nose-dives and involuntary tailspins result. Slotted areas in the wing, allowing air to pass through, seem to have a kindly, stabilizing effect. Thus aviation's newest safety device is called the wing slot. Technical journals still use "probably" and "theoretically" in referring...