Word: stops
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most women pilots, the prime ambition of testy little Laura Ingalls is to outdo the famed exploits of tousle-headed Amelia Earhart Putnam. Since last April Miss Ingalls, trying extra hard, has concentrated on the long-standing Earhart non-stop record across the U. S. from West to East. Her first attempt fizzled in Colorado, her next in Indiana. Disgruntled, she tried her hand at non-stop flying from East to West, was the first woman to succeed at it (TIME, July 22). Last week, she was again ready to tackle the West-East flight...
...telling one another what can be done. Father did it; yes, and he's here to tell the tale. Well, take Emerson, or James or even Waiter Lippmann; say, there's President Roosevelt himself--they've done it. We can do it. Yes, work--but you can't stop a man who wants a thing badly enough. And there'll be time to spare: for the theatre, for opera, for Brattles, for football yes, and Wellesley too. A man must be well-rounded. Opportunity knocks here; freedom rings. Harvard is the world's greatest University...
...Dunster, in Lowell, everywhere the Sophomores are trekking in. They're in a House now. No hurry. All will be well. Aren't they candidates for honors? And things will be better now they know the ropes. You can't stop a good man--and Harvard takes care...
...Malcolm managed to stop but before he did so, he had a blowout...
...made a loud pop. . . . I felt a jar on the front of the car. . . . I saw bits of rubber fly up from the left front tire. The salt flying up into my face had by now almost stopped vision through my goggles. I swerved out of line. I snapped the 'old lady' back quickly and there wasn't much trouble in the run to the stop...