Word: momently
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that anybody heard of Pilot Ames. He never reached Bellefonte. As far as appearances went, he might have tilted off into interstellar space. A towerman on the Pennsylvania said that he had seen a plane come out of a fog bank with all its lights lit, waver for a moment, vanish again. Farmers declared that they had heard the noise of a motor above them early on the morning that Ames disappeared. Searching parties found nothing. Last week a boy, one Harry Dobson, 15, found Ames on top of a peak called Nittany Ridge, four miles east of Bellfonte...
...banner moment, the top of his hour. After that, even if only a little, and although pushed rather by ill-luck than any failure in himself, he began to slip. In 1908 he pitched and lost the celebrated 12-inning play-off game against the Cubs which decided the National League pennant. Mordecai Brown-the pitcher with the pirate's name-worsted him in that struggle, "the hardest game," Mathewson said, "of my life." In 1914 he injured his right shoulder. Still, with speed impaired, he could win games with his curves, his strategy, his matchless fadeaway...
These pictures will include studies of Miss Helen Wills, Tilden, Johnston, Richards, and R. N. Williams 2nd '16. They show the cut, spin, and direction of the stroke, in some cases from several angles. The footwork and position of the player's body before and at the moment of contact between racket and ball is shown. Coach H. L. Cowles will point out the technique of the players and demonstrate methods of each play. The films thus afford an excellent opportunity to study the world's tennis champions at their best
Having dealt for a moment in "human interest," the Council returned to arithmetic. To the surprise of English and American financiers, the Bank of England cut its discount rate from 4½% to 4%, the lowest that has been in force since the middle of 1923 (see BUSINESS...
Naturally the Chilean Cabinet also resigned-all save Ibanez, who gave out that he was responsible for the discipline of the nation's armed forces and could not risk stepping down from his command for even a moment...