Word: slid
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...second team to start with. Washington State, unable to gain, was cautious. Both sides kicked, watched for breaks. Suddenly Alabama's huge All-American tackle, Fred Sington. tore off his sweater, rushed onto the field; with him came Backfielders Cain, Suther, Campbell. In a few minutes Jimmy Moore slid in from the end as though in a reverse, took the ball from Campbell, tossed it far down the field to Flash Suther, who had no one to stop him. Eberdt intercepted a Washington State pass and in two plays the Tide had another score. Then Campbell broke through right...
...done. Detectives worked furiously. Last week eight persons were brought to trial, the spotlight was fixed on the chief conspirators: Major General K. Martii Wallenius, former Chief of the Finnish General Staff, and Colonel Kuussaari, head of the Staff's mobilization section. In court last week the prosecutor slid over, the details of the kidnapping attempt, concentrated on the state of Prohibition enforcement in Finland which the evidence brought out. Taxi drivers stationed near the Stahlberg villa told of a mysterious car that had lurked about the neighborhood for several days before the Stahlbergs' abduction, thought that...
When a book of gossipy memoirs entitled The Story of San Michele was launched in the U. S. (May, 1929) by Publisher Dutton, the little imported edition (364 copies) slid simply down the ways, struggled unostentatiously against the flood, then sank apparently without a trace. But ten months later it emerged again as a bestseller, led all non-fiction books for eleven months.* So famed grew The Story of San Michele and its author, Dr. Axel Munthe, that shrewd Publisher Dutton wanted to launch another Munthe book. Not having a new one handy he raised from the bottom, where...
...boat over the line in the windward berth ten seconds ahead of Enterprise which had come up too soon and lost way delaying. They had raced a couple of miles on the windward leg before Skipper Vanderbilt caught up. Thrice they split tacks. Then Enterprise in the weather berth slid into her first lead. Her mechanical devices for sail-control again made her quicker coming about. Still, it was a good race, the closest yet, and on the Erin Sir Thomas Lipton was enjoying it. He was standing on the bridge, looking off at the boats, when suddenly he stiffened...
Meanwhile in the Belgica Capt. Ernest de Muyter (fourtimes winner) with Leon Coeckelbaerg fought lightning, snow and loss of altitude. All ballast gone, Coeckelbaerg slid down the drag rope into a tree to lighten the load, but the bag settled at Adams, Mass., a 435 mi. mark. For the co-pilot's heroism, disqualification was threatened...