Word: stroke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...essentials of the air engine are extremely simple: a "hot space" heated by an external firebox, a "cold space" cooled by water or air, and two pistons. When one piston shifts cold air into the hot space, the air expands and pushes the second piston away in a power stroke. Then the first piston shunts the air back to the cold space, where it contracts and is ready to start another cycle. A regenerator made of crimped steel wire between the hot & cold spaces keeps heat from being wasted by the moving...
...stepped out for the final 36 holes, his tanned face furrowed, a spectator murmured: "He looks like the wrath of God." Knowing how he hates distractions, Cotton's plump, wealthy wife (daughter of an Argentine cattle baron) followed him at a safe distance. He had a four-stroke lead to protect...
...Memory. The first day Ben fired a 67 (four under par) and was tied for the lead. The tension seemed to sharpen rather than scuttle his game ("Keeps me awake"). Carefully, before each shot, he went over it in his mind, a trick to get "the tempo" of the stroke, in effect making the shot before he hit the ball. He calls it "muscle memory...
...chatter of spectators (Ben draws the largest galleries), the unnerving applause coming from another green. On the second round, a couple of happy-go-lucky dogs yapped about the course after him (the committee quickly enforced the no-dog rule). At the halfway point, Ben had fallen one stroke behind Sam Snead, and South Africa's dangerous Bobby Locke had moved up to tie Hogan for second...
...decision had not been easy for Benes. Last year, Czechs believed, he had suffered from a partial stroke; he had largely recovered from that, but he was almost alone, and very tired. In his letter of resignation to Communist Premier Klement Gottwald, Benes thanked the people of Czechoslovakia for "their trust and love." Then he said: "I believe in the good sense of our people, and I believe in a beautiful future for our beloved republic...