Word: roped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pardoll signals for the house lights to be turned down. A stagehand grips the rope triggering the hydraulic mechanism that controls the curtain. Other stagehands are standing immobile in the wings. It is very quiet and cool. The opera is poised for flight...
...first four tries were failures. The airplane swept part way round the circle and left the ground, but the rope always broke before the professor could make a controlled release. The fifth try was successful. This week the professor was doing it every time, slinging himself into the air and flying off with composure...
...vacation, Author Lindbergh, 48, contemplates her own round as a housewife (in Darien, Conn.) and mother of five children. "My mind reels . . . What a circus act we women perform every day of our lives. It puts the trapeze artist to shame. Look at us. We run a tight rope daily, balancing a pile of books on the head. Baby carriage, parasol, kitchen chair . . . Steady...
...stone these days is called 14 lbs. Using my roommate's weight of 155 lbs., his weight in stones is approximately 11.1 stones, and the drop necessary is 37 ft. In an unfortunate experiment to test the formula, the rope not only broke his neck, but pulled his head right...
...bustling cities, businessmen make fortunes, while middle-class girl clerks and secretaries, emancipated from ancient constraints by modern salaries, drive their own convertibles or fly to Miami for vacations and shopping. In the country, the rope-soled sandal that only recently covered the bare foot is being rapidly replaced by the shoe...