Word: rip
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Girl with the Golden Eyes. One gloomy and romantic afternoon in Paris an arrogant young rip (Paul Guers) strolls out of his expensive flat and-hello! A beautiful girl (Marie Laforet) is sitting in his sports car. Her eyes are large and soulful. One elegant long finger rests lightly on her lips. "Another one breathing down my neck," he thinks. "We'll see about that." He jumps in the driver's seat. She seems startled, tries to leave. "You'll be sorry," he snarls with a smile as he grabs her wrist and starts...
...that Soutter pointed out to me: You jump with an emergency parachute on your chest which you deploy in case of a malfunction in the main canopy. On your first five jumps, in accordance with Parachuts Club of America regulations, you use a static line, which means that your rip cord is pulled for you as soon as you leave the plane...
...England safety officer licensed by the P.C.A., told me that he had taken 489 students through static-line jumps--in none of which did the main canopy fail. And he showed me how a parachute works, how the several tough, elastic bands throw the pack open when the rip cord is pulled, and how, at the same instant, the pilot chute (a miniature parachute that pulls the main canopy out) hurtles almost 20 feet into the air by the force of its own compressed spring system...
Ohio River, Ky., Indiana University Showboat Majestic: The showboat will tie up at Louisville for a variety show, then paddle downstream to West Point, Ky., and Brandenburs, Ky., with Rip Van Winkle...
...typical. Says Co-Owner Harry Schwimmer: "When we have a banquet or a bachelor party, they don't play cards after dinner like they used to; they congregate around the piano, throw their arms around each other's shoulders, drink their beer, puff their cigars, and rip off the good old songs.'' But the pianola's biggest comeback is in the parlor. Many buyers are women who recall the pleasure of pumping one as a child and want to share the fun with their own kids. In suburban Elmhurst, 111., Mrs. Janet Carman, a banker...