Word: slid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Minnesota. In the Republican fold after twelve years as a Farmer-Labor member of the U. S. Senate, poker-playing old Henrik Shipstead had no trouble walking off with the Republican Senatorial nomination. For GOPoliticos, it was like the good old days before Floyd Olson. They land-slid tough, able young Governor Harold Stassen in on his way to a second term...
...over the Hudson highlands and the broad, dark Hudson River. A few villagers who had been fishing for white perch pulled up their lines, strolled across the New York Central tracks to the little concrete platform of the Hyde Park railroad station. When the President's special train slid around the bend from Poughkeepsie, a cluster of 50 townfolk in light dresses, in shirt sleeves and slacks toed the edge of the platform. They left the graveled parking space free for Franklin Roosevelt. "We know where we're supposed to stand," chirped one cheerful gaffer...
...true, he says, that more accidents occur in football per playing hour than in any other game. But the injuries are usually slight, consist mostly of sprained ankles, wrenched knees, muscle bruises. Only compound fracture he ever treated in an athlete was suffered by a baseball player who slid to second base. Hockey seldom produces more than minor cuts, although the worst case Dr. Thorndike ever treated was a hockey player who lost his eye in a scrimmage...
...Balbo was suddenly attacked by machine-gun fire over Tobruch, Italy's coastal base near the Libya-Egypt border. High in the bright blue African sky his crew of three returned the fire. Holes were sewn down the fuselage of their ship and it caught fire. Down it slid, trailing black oil smoke. It crashed, killing all occupants including the 44-year-old Marshal, most popular candidate to succeed Mussolini as II Duce...
Into the waters of the East Pascagoula River last week slid the 492-foot, 8,900-ton cargo ship Exchequer - first ship launched from Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.'s brand-new ways at Pascagoula, Miss. Lat est addition to the Maritime Commission's new U. S. merchant marine (500 ships in ten years), the $2,600,000 cargopassenger carrier held more than passing interest for U. S. shipbuilders. She was the largest all-welded general cargo ship ever built...