Word: rod
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Strenuous Life. In Wilbur, Wash., the spinning rod of a reaper caught Rancher Walter Wynhoff by the overalls, gave him a spin, tossed him aside wearing only his shoes and eyeglasses. In an Army maneuver area in Tennessee, a bolt of lightning struck the zipper of a sleeping bag, welded it all the way around, sealed up a soldier inside, uninjured...
...electric shocks sufficient to cause intense pain to a man's skin had no effect on Tom's gastric mucosa. But when a spot on his stomach lining was stripped of its protecting mucus and sprinkled with mustard, it became very sensitive. Strong pressure with a glass rod or from a balloon inflated in his stomach to 1,500 cc. gave Tom a stomachache...
Last December, the Navy jerked the fishing rod from his hands, made him a trouble shooter for the Army-Navy Munitions Board, just about the time Brewster was making trouble for Navy trouble shooters. When Riebel came in, the Brewster plane production per month could be counted on his two hamlike hands. The one thing lower than production was the workers' morale. Riebel made morale his first target...
...international affairs the daily practice of the salesman who prudently refuses to overload his weak or greedy customers. In treating gold not as a bag of coin to be flung on the counter every time there is a balance to be squared, but as a reserve and measuring rod, Keynes is simply applying internationally the practice of domestic banking systems as exemplified by the U.S. Federal Reserve System...
Scholar Baillie's popularity among Scots also grows from the fact that, while he has a fine sense of ceremony, he also likes common things. His favorite relaxations are walking and fishing; he prepared for the installation by three weeks with rod & reel at a Highland loch...