Word: rowes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...naval review since the World War. For the scene of the broadcast, British Broadcasting Corp. had chosen the most hallowed deck in the Royal Navy, Nelson's flagship the Victory in whose cockpit he died, lying in dry-dock at Portsmouth, two miles from the five-mile quadruple row of 160 of the world's fighting ships (see map). For announcer the B.B.C. chose Lieut. Commander Tom Woodrooffe, because he had spent the three years of his active service doing staff work on the Victory and because such an important paper as the Daily Mail recently described Commander...
With the advent of the seventh, Shean weakened considerably and to the tune of two doubles in a row, two singles, and a free ticket, a brace of enemy runs leaked across the plate...
...Ranger repeats her model's victory against the challenger this summer, it will be the third in a row not only for Skipper Vanderbilt but also for Ranger's head designer, William Starling Burgess. If his boat defends the Cup successfully, Starling Burgess will equal the record made by his father, Edward Burgess, whose Puritan, Mayflower and Volunteer defended the Cup in 1885, 1886 and 1887 and made him the most famed yacht designer...
...canned goods, and concessionaires were selling another $1,000,000 worth of fruits, vegetables, refrigerators, tobacco, liquor, house furnishings, men's wear. What the supermarket needed, said President Sowles. was a women's apparel department. Last week in one section of the supermarket blossomed "Fashion Avenue." a row of five separate shops which are expected to develop a $500,000 annual volume. The shop windows have no glass, so that customers can grab what they want...
Handed baskets as they enter the building, customers help themselves, carry the goods to a row of counters where clerks tally the purchases, take in the money. Then the baskets are placed on conveyor belts, which carry them to the entrance. There the goods are sacked, carried to the customers' cars by red-capped attendants -Trading Post's only concession to service. President Sowles's "Fashion Avenue'' is strategically located in the area between the cash registers and the entrance, so that the customers have to stroll by the five little shops...