Word: sinks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Safely behind both was Miss America VIII, which crossed the line just after the signal, sure to win the race since both the others were disqualified. A moment later, the 500,000 people who were watching saw Miss England pitch dangerously, then capsize at 80 m. p. h. and sink. Kaye Don and two mechanics were pulled out of the water, uninjured (TIME, Sept...
...planes took off, while Coquimbo's citizenry with their wives and baby carriages lined the shore. U. S. observers, remembering the difficulties of U. S. Army pilots in hitting the unarmed Mt. Shasta (TIME, Aug. 24), wondered what success they would have. The Chilean aviators did not actually sink anything but they had an unanswerable alibi: It was their duty not to damage valuable government property more than was absolutely necessary. In the line of duty they hit the General O'Higgins right on the nose. Her prow burst into flames which were quickly put out. There was no score...
...fight against death, the intense will to live, in so-called lower animals, is impressive. Under the pantry sink is a small piece of board, and on it, a trigger with cheese attached, and a strong spring that brings down violently a piece of wire running crosswise of the mousetrap...
...birth was Gargantuan: he weighed 44 pounds, and as soon as he opened his mouth he called for lashings of victuals. He talked brash and he acted uppety, but he got things done. He could lift 500 pounds of cotton at one lick and with one smack sink a nine-inch spike in a whiteoak tie. With women, too, his ways were winning, till he encountered his fatal Julie Anne. Her chronic faithlessness gave John Henry bad attacks of the all-overs, the down-yonders, even made him ponder the meaning of existence...
Seven long, lean years have depressed the U. S. feather industry. So low did prices sink that even ostrich feathers, an aristocrat of the group, were being stuffed into pillows and mattresses. During the last few months, however, a great revival has been started by the feather-capped Empress Eugenie hats (TIME, Aug. 3). Raw ostrich which recently brought $15 a pound last week fetched $50 to $60. Lesser feathers showed equally heartening gains, except for the duck division. So overproduced are duck feathers that last week a Long Island dealer in them asked the State Department if a sale...