Word: reared
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...used in convenient liquid form. When such fuels hit water, they decompose it violently by uniting with its oxygen, giving off heat and a large volume of hydrogen gas. The combustion chamber is shaped so as to make the expanding water-and-gas mixture shoot out the rear opening as a high-speed jet. The reaction from this drives the engine (and the torpedo) forward...
...silo, Partridge built a small ramp from the floor to the feed-door, and milked the cow "to make things easier for her." Then Partridge greased cow and ramp, and hitched on ropes fore and aft. The vet gave Grady a sedative. While Partridge pushed Grady from the rear, Mach and some neighbors pulled. Out slid Grady with nary a scratch...
...thrill of a lifetime-a ride down Mt. Van Hoeven-berg's famed bobsled run. He only has to lay down $1.50 and sign a waiver relieving the State of New York* of all responsibility. Since nobody on the tourist runs is out for the record and the rear crewman rides hard on the brake, the passenger is safe enough. In competition it's different...
...costs down somehow. Last week, he announced a $2,088 utility car, $136 cheaper than other K-F cars (it has no chrome and fewer frills). The utility car is a combination car and truck which K-F hopes to sell to small tradesmen, farmers and sportsmen. The rear seat folds into the floor and there is a station-wagonlike gate in the back...
...bald old (69) gentleman who dressed in Army-style suntans, refused to wear a coat or tie, and spent most of his time in a chromium wheelchair (he was badly wounded in World War I). At times, he would bellow at his audience ("Can you hear me in the rear echelon?"), then let his voice trail to a mumble...