Word: rip
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Dismayed was the Navy last month to discover that the heavy sternposts of five of these new men-o-war were defective, that their rudders might rip away on turns made at high speed. But downright disheartening was the discovery last week that all eight cruisers at sea have such a short, jerky roll as to interfere with the accuracy of their gunfire. The sternpost flaws might have been the fault of the shipbuilders or of the subcontractor who supplied all the castings. The choppy roll was directly attributable to the Navy's own design...
...dirigible, Los Angeles, largest of the United States Navy fleet. made am unexpected rip to Boston and vicinity shortly after dusk last night. The great ship, which is the only, one of its size in this country since the ill-fated Shenandoah disaster in 1927, circled over Cambridge bound for parts unknown...
Rattling Ships? The decks and super structures of such mighty ships as the Majestic and Leviathan rip slightly during heavy storms. William Hovgaard (Mass. Institute of Technology) advised marine engineers, who must figure tearing stress of storms, to use more rivets on their ships and to strengthen the corners of deck houses...
...pain starts at a certain spot-generally on the temple or forehead, or in the eye. It bores right into the brain and spreads until one side of the head seems ready to rip away. Sometimes the pain passes to the same side of the neck and into the arm on that side. The pain is almost always confined to one side of the head. Hence, hemicrania, migraine, the megrims...
...small Idaho towns of Bovill, Orofino, Troy, Elk River, Moscow, Genesee, Lewiston, Orchard, Juliaetta and Kendrick, last week were hunting for a big hole in the earth. More superstitious citizens put their heads together, whispered of miracles. On Christmas Eve they had seen a strang light yellow light rip earthwards through the sky of northern Idaho. Then they heard a deafening crash. The flash was seen as far as Spokane, Wash., over 100 mi. Mrs. Joseph Holland, who said she saw it on her way home from church, described the phenomenon for newsgatherers as "three glowing stars surrounded...