Word: offs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Frozen Feet. In the summer, the sun beat down on the school's tin roof, the pine boards sweated resin, and the smaller pupils dropped off to sleep. In winter "after the white frosts had fallen and blanketed the frozen land . . . many times I saw the red spots . . . from...
Belled Brides. At Jesse's next school-Winston High-his problems were different. He went there full of confidence, after getting a degree at Lincoln Memorial University. But in that back-country district, cut off by muddy roads, Jesse found it hard to keep ahead of his pupils. One...
Last week, it looked as if the British gamble was ready to pay off. At Farnborough Airfield, in Hampshire, Britain's aircraft builders showed 180,000 spectators a fleet of sleek new commercial planes that were well ahead of anything the U.S. has in the air or abuilding. Among...
As its biggest exhibit, Britain had the Bristol Brabazon, whose eight reciprocating engines (later to be replaced by turbo-jets) will carry 100 passengers 5,500 miles at 250 m.p.h. cruising speed, in high-altitude (25,000 ft.) comfort with staterooms, bar, and movies in the lounge. For medium-range...
Sir Geoffrey, a free-enterpriser, wanted to build the first Comet for the government without government interference. To win that freedom, along with the necessary government contract, he risked a heavy loss by accepting a penalty clause. If the Comet was not completed on time and did not perform as...