Word: pulling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After breakfast he was driven to the sheds. Mechanics were busy wheeling the twelve-cylinder Girtiss aeroplane out of its hangar. The engine was tested; it ran perfectly. Maughan donned his parachute, climbed into the machine. A few seconds later he signalled to the mechanics to pull away the chocks, he opened the throttle, the engine roared, the 200 early-rising spectators screamed a parting welcome. The aeroplane ran along the ground for a short distance and then soared majestically heavenward as dawn began to dispel the gloom...
...locomotive burns oil fuel in a large oil engine which is directly connected with a powerful electric generator ; the latter in turn drives four electric motors. Thus, although the locomotive uses electric power to pull its loads, it needs no third rail or overhead wire, but contains its own powerhouse. There is no smoke raised by its operations, and a muffler renders them relatively quiet. Like an automobile, it is necessary to operate the engine only when the locomotive is in use; at other times fuel is saved...
...annual dinner given by the Rhodes Scholars at Oxford, Lord Grey of Fallodon, ex-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said that the future of the world depended upon how far the U. S. and the British Commonwealth could pull together. He stated that common ideals and not a common language were the basis of agreement. He thought that both countries wanted the same kind of a world in which to live, and that the problems of both were not problems of republics or monarchies but problems of whether free government was to be maintained and liberty upheld...
...University crews are going over the four-mile course daily. The morning work-out specializes in practice starts, while that in the afternoon is confined to a stiff-pull over the distance...
...spring, defeating Guild in a closely fought three set match, will meet Cummings. The latter has developed fast this spring, and he has at present the swiftest service of any member of the Crimson team. However, he is inclined to be erratic, and the superior experience of Wheeler should pull him through...