Word: rolled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hunt. As each plane begins to roll down the runway, a vast, bright flame bursts from its tail. This is the afterburner: extra fuel dumped into the tail pipe to give extra power. The flame looks as big as the airplane, and it roars like continuous thunder. It shoots the plane forward and then upward as if a gigantic elevator were pulling it into the sky. As the plane rises almost vertically, the great flame shrinks to a small, bright point like a moving star. Then it blinks out suddenly; the fighter is at its search altitude, and the stealthy...
...Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord (Jelly Roll Morton; Circle; 12 LP sides issued, 12 to come). Jazz's genesis and exodus, told in seven hours of reminiscence, singing and solid piano-playing by one of its first prophets...
...morning last week, 32 new cars began to roll out of Los Angeles on the first leg of a trip which twisted up the slopes of snow-capped mountains and along parched desert highways to the rim of the Grand Canyon. Purpose of the trip: to find out which U.S. cars get the most mileage and efficiency from their fuel. Every major U.S. make, except Buick, Oldsmobile and Pontiac, was represented. At journey's end, about 21 driving hours later, the cars had traveled from 280 feet below sea level to 7,005 feet above, had covered 840 miles...
...days the two G.I.s stayed in the freezing hut. Some of the Chinese threatened them; others were friendly. "One officer came and talked to us," said the corporal. "He said he liked American food and American ways better than any other kind in the world. He let me roll a cigarette with Chinese tobacco, and lit it with a stick from a fire. Then he said, "Just like home...
...widely spread empire, Schott splits up the job of supervision with his four brothers, has no intention of stopping collecting. Says he: "At first it was family security. But suddenly we gained momentum and we started to roll. Now we're fascinated. We expect to keep traveling...