Word: stunt
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...South America, falsely pretentious and insincere. . . . It is impossible that the preposterous sums raised for some of these junkets can be expended licitly and I know that very rarely are the results achieved worth a twentieth of the money involved in their pursuit." Nor does he like the way "stunt" expeditions are worked up. Sarcastically he declares that they usually are led by a man of considerable, already acquired or potential newspaper reputation, who possesses several degrees from so-called "learned societies," invariably British. The favorite degrees, in the order named, are F. R. G. S., which denotes that...
Generally speaking, Soviet pilots are extremely reckless, constantly "stunt" over Moscow and other large Soviet cities to help make the populace air minded...
...learned to do this curious feat during a fit of blubbering about three years ago. As he knuckled his tearful eyes he felt them gliding out of their sockets. That scared everybody who saw him. So he repeated the stunt, soon learned to pop without aid of his fingers by skillfully working his eye muscles...
...ever-sensational Auburn, reporting that for the first five days 81% more cars were sold than at last year's show, and Hudson, proud to say that during the first day it sold 300% more cars than during the entire 1931 Show. Aiding Hudson was a unique publicity stunt. At one swoop 1,207.500 telegrams were sent to persons owning Hudsons and Essexes or cars in similar ranges, urging them to visit the Hudson showrooms. The telegraphing was done by a special arrangement with Postal Telegraph-Cable, a master telegram being sent to about 700 cities, copied there...
...Flying Fool." A loop, another loop, a snap roll, a series of slow rolls, an Immelman. . . . Crowds at the Miami All-American Air Races had seen such stunts done before, but never by a plane like this one?a tiny Curtiss Teal amphibian. Dale ("Red") Jackson, co-holder with Forest O'Brine of the world's refueling duration record, was again qualifying for a nickname he earned two years ago? "Flying Fool.". . . Again he pulled the little ship over in a loop, began to straighten out after the dive?when a wing tore off, then another . . . Pilot Jackson died...