Word: tails
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...very little friendly betting, a gold piece the exact size and gold content of a $20 gold currency piece, even to being milled around the edge. Instead of the insignia, however, there appears enameled on one side the word 'Head' and on the other 'Tail...
William B. Leeds, tin-plate tycoon, hopped into his $75,000 speedboat, Fan Tail, with famed Actress Adele Astaire (Funny Face). Giving the crank a swift turn, he caused the gasoline seepage to burst into a fan of flame. The actress, her dress ablaze, fell to the floor. Leeds grabbed her, lugged her to the dock; then he pushed the Fan Tail into the harbor where it soon exploded and sank. On the; dock watching this performance was Mrs. William B. Leeds, onetime Princess Xenia of Greece, and Fred Astaire, brother to Adele. With their help, William B. Leeds, though...
...tail-of-the-ticket, Nominee Robinson will not wag the ticket. But he started wagging for it at once. "I expect to have a lot of fun along about September with my old friend, Charley Curtis," he said. "I reckon my trail
...Boston. In Boston this spring he succeeded Manager Slattery, did what he could with that slovenly club, but has not succeeded in getting it out of seventh place in the National League. "Too bad," say fans. "Hornsby is over the fence and out. He's a tail-ender, a flop. He had best retire; he'll never get anywhere now. . . . Too bad." Boston may be "over the fence," but Hornsby is still making $40,600 a year and batting close to .400. If he can revive the Boston Braves as he did the St. Louis Cardinals, he will...
Fuselage: The structure (contains power plant, passengers, cargo, etc.) to which wings and tail unit are attached...