Word: stream
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fame as the mistress of Louis XIV. Near the ancient castle was a cavern leading into the mountain which the natives assured him was impenetrable after a short distance. Casteret undressed, slipped through a crack not much bigger than his body, waded into a grotto through which an underground stream flowed...
...spread-eagled, "catwalk-cooling"' radiator grilles, a distinctive narrow nose. Down in price from $16 to $102, the four straight-eight series of Buicks now cost $996 to $2,074. Standard on all models this year is the handi-shift gear control; optional on some are sunshine tops, stream boards...
What happened when the Queen Mary came abreast of her berth at West 50th Street was no blow to the prestige of the port, but it was a mighty confirmation of the prestige of British seamanship. At 6:10 a. m. the 1,018-ft. ship lay in mid stream. Wind was down, tide was slack. Ten minutes later her 118-ft. beam was dead-centred in the 400-ft. slip between the Cunard and Italian Line piers. From the fo'c'sle head whistled two long, light heaving lines attached to ten-inch hawsers...
...dial face marked off in degrees like a compass. Over this swung an indicator hand. A little tuning picked out the truck's signal, and the hand froze like a pointer on the bearing. Following this bearing, the plane chased over villages and farms, finally passed over Valley Stream Airport. As it did, the tell-tale needle swung full around, pointed backwards, spotted the truck parked behind a hangar...
From this line the first weather message came from the Exporter Exermont, northeast of Bermuda in the Gulf Stream. ''Wind: south-south-west; force: six m.p.h.; weather: few clouds; barometer: 30.37; visibility: excellent; temperature: 84° F." Soon other reports came jumbling in. Hour later the course was marked with weather bulletins all across the southern route...