Word: mesh
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pilot bed, an improvement on early German design, is made of strong nylon mesh hung between side boards curved to fit the pilot's body. The mesh can be loosened to make room for broad hips, and a rounded belly (which are among the occupational hazards of airmen). The pilot's jaw rests on a padded adjustable shelf. A counter-weighted forehead strap takes the strain off his neck. He steers the plane by resting his forearms in movable "pans" with hand grips for stick, throttle, etc., at their forward ends. His feet work the rudder, brakes...
Rakosi is the real No. 1 man in Hungary, even though he is only Deputy Vice Premier. The front man until last week was Premier Lajos Dinnyes (rhymes with in mesh). Rakosi replaced him with Puppet Istvan Dobi (rhymes with Gobi). Both are members of what is left of the Smallholders Party; both dirked their party by working for the Communists...
...other property annually, can't get through a tough new low-cost plywood ("Protekwood") developed by the U.S. Plywood Corp. The cost (8½? a sq. ft.), said U.S. Plywood, makes Protekwood feasible for rat-proofing on farms and other places where concrete, sheet metal or wire mesh would be too expensive...
...there have been rumors of an oil shortage in the United States and they have all been proven false. The current rumors are no exception. During the recent war, Secretary lakes and Mr. Ralph K. Davies, deputy Petroleum Administrator (he is an excellent example of the tightly-woven mesh that connects Big Oil and the Government), issued a statement to the effect that within 20 years there would be no more...
...firm and in 1936 was voted the "most popular escort" by the city's debutantes. He was dashing and debonair. In spare moments in 1936, he worked for the election of a reform candidate for governor against Huey's man, Richard Leche (rhymes with mesh). Leche won the governorship but later went to jail (and has now quietly retired to a farm...