Word: passing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have been informed that the House leaders will not take public housing or slum clearance." That was all mild-mannered Charles Tobey needed. Pointing to the visitors, he shouted: "Who is this House leadership . . . this triumvirate in the House which has the power to say 'They shall not pass...
...rolling mill" squeezes out two-thirds of the students and the priests do not want the two-thirds who fail to go back to their villages demanding soft beds. The successful third go on to five years of technical training with an honor system and soft beds. If they pass they become medical, veterinary and agricultural assistants or tribal chiefs, and are deemed eligible to look after the Bahutu, the Batwas and the long-horned cattle. The Trusteeship Council, however, thought that more natives should be sent to European universities and the people given a vote. The Belgian report...
...wake. The air ducts grumble below the floor; a ventilator hisses. When the plane is up to speed, the airstream rushing over the canopy makes a moderate, roar. There is hardly any vibration. Experienced pilots say that the plane handles "like a kiddie-car." When it makes a "low pass," flying close to the ground at 550 m.p.h., objects far ahead seem to vanish before the eye has time to take a second look...
...achieve an airplane that will have range and load-carrying ability above Mach i is an extremely difficult problem. Such a plane must be several planes in one. It must take off and land at a practical speed and fly at first below Mach i. It must pass through the dangerous transonic band without being thrown out of control or damaged by buffeting. Then it must deal with the new air behavior and enormous drag encountered above Mach...
...good chairman of the Continental Congress that drafted the Declaration of Independence, but so completely misjudged his own standing with the delegates that he was stunned when he was passed over and Washington chosen Commander in Chief. He was fair, hardworking, honest, and increasingly unpopular with his colleagues; Congress even refused to pass a resolution thanking him for his services...