Word: strutted
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Among the first to strut by is the brilliant, bemonocled chief who led the army through the early post-World War I years. Steel blue of eye, trap-tight of lip, Hans von Seeckt was called "the Sphinx." The Sphinx's two rules for the Reichswehr as a political power: it must be 1) "above party," and 2) "a state within a state." In the early '20s, Seeckt kept the telephone pact with the Socialists, at the same time busied himself with building up the cadres of a new German army and a new armament industry-both...
...North Carolina (1921-25), onetime U.S. Senator (1930-32) and U.S. Representative (1943-45); while vacationing in Quebec. Morrison lost the 1932 Senate Democratic primary race by some 100,000 votes to roaring Bob Reynolds, who followed him in a model T and, imitating Morrison's dignified strut, described to shocked North Carolina hillbillies Cam's favorite dish: "It's caw-vee-yah . . . It's little black fish eggs, and it comes from Red Russia...
Mounted on a strut below a conventional seaplane hull, the short hydro-ski knifes to the surface and supports the plane's weight even at low speeds. Skimming along like a fast-moving aquaplane, it permits the plane to take off after a relatively short run. In landings, the hydro-ski takes up the first shock, lowers the hull gently to the water, and, as an added advantage, allows the plane to operate in rough seas...
Down the runway they sped, Felix and the Constellation. The blast from the right inboard engine whipped his tattered shirt, but Felix only curled his bare toes tighter around the housing. Spectators at the terminal building spotted the figure behind the strut, and gestured in mute horror as the plane sped by. Joseph Hernandez, the flight steward, caught the meaning of their signals just in time to see the big double wheel leave the ground, with Felix still clinging tight, and fold forward into the wing...
...word of the stowaway, he circled immediately to land. Coming in, he lowered the wheels with a sick feeling that he would probably drop Felix 1,500 feet to his death. Felix did lose his foot hold for a moment, but he dangled by his arms until the strut came vertical and he could again stand. Captain Strickland set the Connie down so gently that Felix scarcely bounced...