Word: stunt
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...spite of this record, Capt. Musick has remained virtually unknown to the public. He refuses to show off or make wisecracks for newsmen. He has never been known to stunt in a plane, never makes a flight without the most meticulous preparations, even refuses to tie up to a mark until it has been tested. Completely lacking in vanity, he refuses to discuss his career even with such close friends as Navigator Noonan, with whom he bunks when on duty...
...check which was to have cinched his city's bid. This yarn fizzled when the folk back home revealed that the check was for only $26,650, that it was never lost, that the episode was "a joke which somebody took seriously." More creditable was Denver's stunt of exporting a bevy of beauties to distribute gratis 46,000 Colorado peaches...
After his split with Laffoon, ostensibly over the sales tax which he opposed, Lieut. Governor Chandler last winter slipped a more important stunt over on his absent boss. He rammed through the Legislature a bill creating compulsory party primaries with the high man on each ticket winning the nomination, regardless of the size of his vote. When the Governor got back he rushed through an amendment compelling a run-off primary if the top man did not receive a majority. That proved the Laffoon machine's undoing, for in the August primary Candidate Rhea topped Candidate Chandler...
...signal meaning "THE ENEMY IS IN SIGHT." No enemy was ever sighted, but the big guns pounded away at H. M. S. Centurion, a target ship controlled by radio. Of 320 "dead" shells fired at the Centurion, 56 hit the mark. Last of the maneuvers was the one stunt feature of this month's air, land and sea reviews. The King, who despises stunts, barely consented to watch a new-fangled gadget called a Queen Bee zip off the deck of an aircraft carrier and fly without a pilot by radio control to attack H. M. S. Rodney...
...Department of Commerce, convinced of his reformation, finally lifted its ban, granted him a "learner's permit." After five hours solo, the best living pilot was scheduled this week to take his flight test for a transport license. Said Alford J. ("Al") Williams, famed onetime Navy stunt pilot: "Aviation needs Acosta badly. Seeing him take a ship off the ground is the best eye tonic I've had in years...