Word: slipperyness
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Almost anyone can produce a convincing forgery with an old thieves' trick-copying a signature upside down.* But forgers who can amass riches are rare. As every detective-story reader knows, most such slippery geniuses blossom in foreign capitals. But last week, with pardonable pride, the Federal Bureau of...
¶ Rhine-crossing paratroopers carried maps that glow in the dark. Amphibious troops as far apart as the Rhine and Okinawa had maps showing high and low water areas, slippery cliffs and rocks.
A group of amateur inventors in Washington, Pa. announced that they had finally found the right adhesive combination. Their new tire, which works by friction, seems to give better traction than snow tires based on a gripping action. The tire material, a mixture of rubber and abrasives, feels gritty, like...
To jazz connoisseurs, lightskinned, leathery Edward ("Kid") Ory, 58, is an authentic old master. His fame flowered in the Bayreuth of jazz, New Orleans in the early 1900s. Ever since, he has been one of the legendary great tailgate trombonists.* A little over a decade ago, thoroughly discouraged by the...
Out Cold. In Regina, Sask., Taxi Driver Ethel Sheffield swerved around a slippery curve, crashed into a lamppost, slumped unconscious in the front seat, would have frozen to death in the 16-below-zero cold if the lamppost had not upheld a fire alarm, which went off, bringing rescuing firemen...