Word: screws
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...being all-important, Dr. Millspaugh tightened that screw first. For example, His Highness the Sipahdar-i-Azam, onetime Prime Minister, was pressed for payment of millions in back taxes. Soon His Highness committed suicide, first proclaiming that his sole rea son for this act was "unendurable American extortion." Other nobles paid. Progress was made -slowly...
...Bancroft has an inclination to buckle, to screw at the finish, and does not always get his hands out properly. Brigham does not set his shoulders firm at the catch, and he lets them give when he takes hold. At times he fails to get his arms straight at the end of the recover. He also has an awkward habit of sticking his elbows out at the finish. LeMoyne is the shortest and lightest candidate, but does his full share of the work; should he part with his faults, he will make an efficient oar Jacobs is doing well...
...bandstand on Municipal Pier, St. Petersburg, Fla., were nearly "stumped" when it was discovered that their 16-ton concrete floor was 18 inches too near the roof to permit a sounding board to be fitted in. Raising the roof would be costly. Lowering the floor on screw jacks would involve getting the jacks out from underneath. They solved their problem with ice and sunshine. Jacking the floor up two feet, they shoved in 50-pound cakes of ice, removed the jacks .and old floor supports. Before the ice melted, new supports, 18 inches shorter than the original ones, were...
...errors on "The Bible." Criticism issued freely-from Colyumnist Broun to protest that "one might score a perfect tally and remain an oaf," from a World editorial writer to protest that "a man who treasures up a piece of information like the height of Brooklyn Bridge has a screw loose somewhere...
...Queen Victoria of England, signed a charter authorizing the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. to operate its 14 paddle-wheel steamers between England and the West Indies. That shipping business prospered although sometimes the new-fangled engines broke down and the captains had to hoist sails. When modern screw propellers were invented, the Royal Mail was the first to adopt the device. When there happened to be bargains in ships. Royal Mail bought them. Now its fleets, including the 500,000 tons of the White Star Line, count 2,500,000 gross tonnage, the largest shipping organization in the world...