Word: slide
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...slide-fastened fly gives a much smoother and neater effect in front than is possible with buttons, but the ordinary slide fastener has an uncovered strip of metal that is objectionable to men who take pride in being well-dressed...
...trouble with the early type of slide fastener was the display of metal--too much of a suggestion of work clothes. I'm for this new covered zip with the invisible fastener, it's a finished product for a finished dresser...
...last week's complications could be perceived without the use of a slide rule. The pound suddenly slumped 5� to $4.91�?lowest level since last February. Up went the London gold price to a historical high of 142 shillings 4 pence (about $34.95) Down went, the Scandinavian and other currencies which are linked to sterling through the economics of world trade. Down went the yen, so that Japanese exporters would not lose the markets they have lately gained. And when the international debate about the future of sterling grew raucous, Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain either lied...
...merchant vessel. For this week's historic occasion they will not only be present, but Queen Mary herself will break a magnum of champagne across the monster's bow at the christening. Longer (1,018 ft.) than the Clyde is wide (see map), No. 534 will slide stern-first into the river, with tons of drag-chains coiled about her sides to check her momentum. The splash when she hits the water was expected to send eight-foot waves surging over an orchard on the opposite bank. To accommodate her stern, the River Cart, a tributary...
...During last week's dive Dr. Beebe saw a great grey shape slide past the bathysphere window. The fish ? species un known ? was 20 ft. long, he estimated, and garlanded with lights like an excursion boat. The lights, he guessed, were phosphorescent parasites. Mr. Barton tried to photograph the creature but had almost no time to focus his camera. The film when developed was dismally blank...