Word: steers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...machine for humans to fly albatross-wise. His machine was to have a wingspan of 25 ft., a tail of 12 ft., and a weight of 150 Ib. The man who would operate it, would lie prone. His feet would flap the contrivance's wings; his hands would steer...
...Democratic attack was blunted by Maryland's crotchety Senator Bruce, who bumbled repetitiously, and by Alabama's astounding Heflin, who bawled like a sick steer about the wicked plutocracy...
...best steer of the exposition was California Stamp, raised by students at the University of California. It weighed 1,055 pounds, accumulated by feeding on barley, oats, bran & alfalfa. The New Bismarck Hotel, Chicago, paid $2.35 a pound for California Stamp, to slaughter him for its Christmas dinners. Last year's champion fat steer, Rupert B., brought $3.60 a pound on the hoof, highest price ever paid...
...Lyles came right out and warned Miss Mills that Mr. Van Vechten's interest in Negroes would do her no good; warned her to steer clear of him and turn a deaf ear to his flattery. Mr. Van Vechten, said Mr. Lyles, had only brought shame upon Negroes by taking an "esthetic" interest in their art. Mr. Van Vechten's real purpose, said Mr. Lyles, was to encourage and exaggerate Negro vulgarity and thus, subtly, pander to the "white supremacy" notion of Nordics. Let Florence Mills beware of Carl Van Vechten lest she, pride of "Race People," lose...
...Purdue came to Cambridge faintly discouraged. Their great threat, Cotton Wilcox, was injured on the side lines. Into his shoes stepped a Texas youth, Ralph Welch, who ran, kicked and passed his way through a sturdy but bewildered Harvard team to steer Purdue to an easy 19-0 victory. Purdue played western, open football. Harvard, old fashioned, scarcely threatened. Purdue scored in the first three quarters, was on Harvard's three yard line when the game ended...