Word: nut
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...trial, Red Light Bandit victims identified the .45 pistol that Chessman had tossed away when the pursuing patrol car caught up with him. Witnesses also said that a pen flashlight found in the grey Ford looked like one that the bandit had used. The prosecution produced a nut, found in Chessman's pocket when he was arrested, and charged that he had used it in attaching red cellophane to the spotlight on the car. A plainclothesman who had interrogated Chessman the day after his arrest testified that he made several statements linking him to the red-light crimes, including...
...question is as tough a nut as has been put before the U.S. in the history of the anti-Communist alliance. But it is a question that cannot for long be put off, as France's General de Gaulle has made clear with a bang...
...ever did, resigning from the Air Force," says Quesada, "but the law [requiring a civilian head] was clear as hell." The law, by implication, also called for a strong, experienced administrator, and Quesada's whole life and personality fit the law like a made-to-order lock nut...
Like many another U.S. millionaire, William Black, president of Chock Full O' Nuts Corp., has discovered one of the true pleasures of hard work and good fortune. Last week short, chunky Bill Black gave $5,000,000 to Columbia University toward an 18-story medical-research building. It was the largest gift from a living person ever received by Columbia. Said Black: "I have found that there is a tremendous joy in giving. It is a very important part of the joy of living." Brooklyn-born Bill Black had no such joys when he worked his way through Columbia...
...downtown Los Angeles, started the Kaynar Corp. in 1943 on the strength of an order for bolt retainers from Ryan Aeronautical Co. They picked up machinery at auctions, set up a profitable, 24-hour operation, spelling each other at the machines. When war's end grounded the aircraft nut-and-bolt business, Engineer Reiner invented the Lady Ellen Klip-pie, an improved woman's hairclip that has captured 90% of the market. Later, he invented the Kaylock nut, a self-locking aircraft nut so light that it reduced the B-52's weight...