Word: noiseless
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...pale as a sheet in the moonlight" Death came up the golden street on his fastest horse with noiseless hoofs...
...final day of the Texas Open Golf Championship. Bobby Cruickshank, diminutive but skillful, came to the 72nd green, found a short putt between himself and victory. The gallery politely turned to stone as Cruickshank commenced to aim. Not a sound was heard as Cruickshank continued to aim. Long, noiseless seconds passed while Cruickshank aimed some more. It was to be an important, lucrative putt. As Cruickshank drew back his putter, a horrid dissonance shattered the atmosphere. From the branches of a nearby tree came thick words: "What do you know about machinery?" It was the voice of Will Mehlhorn, another...
...rush of calls. Shortly after 10 a. m. the Associated Press put a call through to its London office, announcing another visit of Edward of Wales to the U. S. and Canada next summer. The New York A. P. man took down the dictated item on a noiseless typewriter. . . . The transatlantic service begins daily at 8:30 a. m., Eastern Standard Time, ending at 1:30 p. m. Rates: $25 per min.; minimum, three min., maximum twelve min. (though on the second day a Manhattan woman was allowed to chatter along for 28 min., costing $700). The equipment involved cost...
...rounded Sandy Hook and glided up the river that leads toward the cubistic jumble of Manhattan's skyline. No smoke issued from the two stacks. No soot begrimed the upper deckhouse; the engineer had on a stiff collar; the attendants who stooped among the glinting wheels and thrusting, noiseless pistons of the engine room, tried not to get their cuffs dirty and succeeded. For this was the Gripsholm, arriving on her maiden trip from Gothenburg, Sweden, the first direct oil-burning* liner to cross the Atlantic. The motive power is generated by two double-acting six-cylinder Diesel engines...
...device are that it is automatic, self-lubricating, and practically noiseless. It will be retailed...