Word: smokes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...147th lap, a huge puff of smoke belched from Gurney's Lotus. A camshaft cover had burst and oil was seeping into his engine block. That was it. With the last Lotus limping into the pits, the race belonged to the dogged Foyt. At the checkered flag, he had averaged 101 m.p.h. for 200 laps around the tiny Trenton track...
...later, however, the mob returned to finish the job it started. Some 10,000 rioters, many of whom arrived in government trucks, poured into the embassy, smashed everything smashable, then set it afire. A fire engine dispatched to the scene was seized by the rioters and driven away. As smoke curled through the building, Gilchrist sent one last cable to the Foreign Office in London. "Building on fire. Got to leave now. Goodbye. Gilchrist Ambassador...
...House, combines thoughtful scholarly appraisal and constant excitement. She answers questions carefully, sometimes hesitating and gazing into space before replying. "I just can't give pat answers--everything I do is exploratory," she emphasizes. But when Radcliffe's newly appointed dean speaks, often she blows a quick stream of smoke into the air and then turns to look directly at her companion. As an undergraduate at Radcliffe, she concentrated in History and Literature. She married Peter H. Solomon '40 "right after orals" but admits that hers was hardly a typical Harvard-Radcliffe romance: she and her husband had known each...
...Oldenbourg's account nevertheless rises on occasion to a passionate eloquence which perceives (and persuades) that physical cruelty is a pure manifestation of evil. As a temporarily absolved prisoner, De Montbrun is forced to watch the Inquisition's heretic burnings in Toulouse. Through the swirling clouds of smoke, De Montbrun sees "the bloody contorted bodies writhing like snakes on poles-the raw heads, the faces blistered and bursting, and still screaming. It was ugly; never had human faces been so ugly...
...Amsterdam to take possession of his new 290-ton, $694,000 yacht Albecaro II, named for little Albert and Caroline. But before officially presenting the ship to Rainier, Shipbuilder Herman Kerstholt and 80 guests took it for a gala trial run in the North Sea. Ten miles offshore, smoke and flames suddenly lashed out of the engine room. An explosion sent passengers into panic, and since there were no lifeboats, only the timely arrival of rescuers prevented tragedy. When rescued, Builder Kerstholt burst into tears. Also upset, though not visibly tearful, was Rainier, who angrily bemoaned a two-month delay...