Word: stops
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fact that the skis would dig themselves farther and farther into the ground when the plane was in horizontal position, as on the take-off. Soon it was found that a cord attached to the wing struts raising the front of the ski removed the danger of burying. A stop cable also was fastened on to the rear of the ski leading to the main plane bracing. These two improvements kept the ski in correct position for maneuvering on the ground or for the take...
...experienced pilot this snow-planing is no more difficult than flying with wheels. Safe landings can be made on any space of open ground, and if the space is limited, a plane may be mushed in to a complete stop in 200 feet...
...spring up and others to be enlarged. . . . The balance of trade is so largely in our favor and will grow even larger if trade continues that we cannot demand payments in gold alone, without eventually exhausting the gold reserves of our best customers which would ruin their credit and stop their trade with...
...curious mixture was the Christian General," writes Editor Woodhead. "He was a man of violent temper. In February 1924, when he was on his way through the Legation Quarter to dine with the American Minister, the police attempted to stop his car, which was proceeding at excessive speed, with glaring headlights and armed guards on the footboards. The car stopped to avoid running over one of the police on point duty, and General Feng got out and ordered his bodyguard to kill the constable. Fortunately this order was not obeyed. He snatched the man's baton from...
...importation of a few of the famed "castnati" from Italy has been suggested but it was discovered that the Mussolini regime has abolished all that sort of thing. On occasional instances the Wellesley Glee Club has been merged with Harvard's but this has been merely a temporary stop-gap and has but served to what the desire for some means of injecting life and a high register into the booming basses of our choral organization. However the problem seems to have been solved. some decision must have been reached, although it smacks to us strongly of coercion. We leave...