Word: sloshes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...slosh of manufacturers' publicity releases, out of starry-eyed speeches about far-distant planes that will "make the angels gasp," one fact emerged last week: the U.S. has another pursuit plane in battle and the first reports look good. Lockheed's long-ranged, twin-Allison-engined P-38, nicknamed Lightning, suddenly blossomed into action around the world...
...this winter in anticipation of coming out into the open next spring. All that they used to take on Wellesley's more experienced eights, they say, is a new boathouse, a launch and a substitute for the invincible Cutty Sark. But until they get them, they are determined to slosh along bravely with smiles on their faces and water on their toes...
...slosh of athletes' feet through prophylactic baths in U.S. clubs, schools, gymnasiums, swimming pools, and above all in Army camps, is not only "illogical and probably serves no useful purpose but is potentially harmful." This radical reversal of medical teaching comes from three expert dermatologists (Drs. Marion Sulzberger and Rudolf Baer of New York City's Montefiore Hospital and Dr. Rudolph Hecht of the University of Illinois). It is based on their observations of the last decade, as confirmed by 88 other U.S. skin specialists...
...enormous trucks, all-wheel drive, extra-heavy duty, able to haul almost anything almost anywhere. Only ten years old, it has sold thousands of square-hooded, locomotive-like behemoths to lumbermen, miners, oilmen, highway departments. In the Louisiana oil fields M-H trucks are called "Mud Cats" because they slosh through hub-deep mud as though equipped with web wheels, in Western lumber camps they climb rough 40° grades so easily they are known as "Mountain Goats." In all, M-H has 33 models, going from five to 35 tons with six driving wheels, twelve forward and four reverse...
With 10,000 public pools to slosh in, crack swimmers have increased 200% since the water-wing days of competitive swimming. Consequently, the turnover in swimming champions is probably greater than in any other U. S. sport...