Word: stretching
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Franzensbad, Truksa got out to stretch his legs on the platform. At the same time Engineer Konvalinka got down from his cab and slipped between the tender and the baggage car, shutting off the airbrake line (this meant that no one would be able to stop the train by pulling the emergency brake). As Konvalinka got back into his cab and started the train, Truksa followed him into the cab. He whipped out his pistol and trained it on the fireman, a Communist, and ordered him to lie face down on the floor...
...stenographer from San Diego named Florence Chadwick topped the Ederle record by swimming the distance in 13 hr. 20 min. (TIME, Aug. 21, 1950). But until last week no woman, and only nine men, had ever swum the Channel eastward from Dover to Cap Gris-Nez, the 21-mile stretch which, like a cat, hates to be stroked the wrong...
...well-timed. Tension from the tight American League pennant race had reached the breaking point, and MacArthur provided relief in the form of a different emotional outlet. The week after his visit Bostonians turned back to the pennant race with renewed enthusiasm for the Red Sox during the trying stretch drive ahead...
...well-timed. Tension from the tight American League pennant race had reached the breaking point, and MacArthur provided relief in the form of a different emotional outlet. The week after his visit Bostonians turned back to the pennant race with renewed enthusiasm for the Red Sox during the trying stretch drive ahead...
Again the Russians turned down the screws. Last week they slapped a toll on all West German passenger cars and trucks traveling the 103-mile stretch of Autobahn through Soviet-controlled territory that connects Western Germany with Berlin. The toll ranged from $2.40 to $36, depending on size and type of vehicle. Stated reason for the road levy: East Germany needs money for the upkeep of the Autobahn...