Word: rolles
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bing? The only one I know is the one who has talent of his own. However, Mr. Bing's dyspeptic remarks might indicate that the time has come for him to take a trip. If he wants to find out about Santa Fe, we'll roll out the red carpet for him any time...
...Another word that seemed to be incompatible with Soviet man was Nobel. For winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, Boris Pasternak edged further into the Communist doghouse. A third word bothering the Russians was stilyagi, which means a zoot-suiter who wears narrow trousers, likes rock 'n' roll and hates work. For a report on Russia's three bothersome little words, see FOREIGN NEWS...
...That's the bit," said the Old Fox, "give them something they can understand Keep it going. Osborne, Kirby, Lewis, let's go, let it flow, let it roll, push it over, over the goal...
...depress the nose of his craft in near-airless space, he will shoot superheated steam (produced by catalyzed hydrogen peroxide) through the upward-pointing jets. The reaction will push the nose downward. Similar jets in the wingtips will keep the wings level or make the ship bank or roll...
Haloed Band. Reading the roll of long-dead parties, and seeing the photographs of her long-dead suitors (each marked by a common quality of good looks, bravery and a certain vulnerability), it is impossible not to believe that the "haloed band" did not sense what it was in for. Their parties, Lady Diana says, were "dances of death." On one party, on a chartered boat on the Thames, young Denis Anson thought it would be a good idea to take a dip. He was never seen again. Diana held his watch, and later consoled herself that he probably would...