Word: smokes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Steering. These chores took a long time, while the tension grew. At X minus 30 minutes, a cascade of white smoke billowed out of a vent near the nose of the rocket, showing that the tanks were full. "This is a marginal firing," warned an Army major. "If it doesn't go off promptly, run for the blockhouse. If it starts to topple, fall flat." Even the Glenn Martin men were pessimistic about this new-design Viking. "She's like a woman," one remarked. "There's nothing wrong with her . . . we just don't understand...
...time smoke began to boil out of the rocket's top, nearly everyone had retreated to the blockhouse. "It is now X minus 20 minutes," warned the operations officer, Lieut. Commander W. Patrick Murphy, over the loudspeaker. "Silence in the blockhouse. No smoking...
...Bomb. At X minus 15 minutes, a bomb set off a cloud of bright red warning smoke. The gantry crane had been wheeled away; the rocket stood slim and alone. Just before X minus ten minutes, a man jumped up on the launching platform and pulled the safety plug from between the rocket's fins, and thus closed the control circuits. It was ready to fire...
...World War I, the rush to put women in ads was on. Coca-Cola used a black-haired beauty and a kitten. Holeproof Hosiery pioneered cheesecake by lifting skirts and showing legs. Chesterfield made shocking history by subtly inciting women to smoke: a flapper cuddled up to her smoke-puffing boy friend and whispered, "Blow some...
...somewhat sobering to imagine that just about all of this message that might remain for the contemplation of future ages might be the image of a pretty girl blowing smoke rings through a seductive smile. But it would certainly give posterity a sight...