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...both hands toward the sky, a moments wait, and then, two objects fell from his steady fingers. The size of one was many times the other, and yet, as they sped past the pillared balconies, the waiting men below observed their speed to be the same, then with resounding thud, they fell simultaneously to the soft grass below, landing as one object. The outspoken comments of the gathering rose to loud clamor at this feat of nature. Should a heavy body fall faster than a light one? The man in the balcony leaning perilously above, waited, then turned and descended...
...airport, ambulances and fire engines were waiting. Police, firemen, physicians stood by. Thrill-seekers by the thousand held their breath. Down into the glare of the floodlights swooped the ship, hit the earth with a thud, skidded 700 ft. on her belly in a shower of dust and sparks, ground to a stop amid cheers and applause. Damaged propellers would cost Northwest Airlines $50 to repair, but unbroken was the company's proud record of eight years without a single passenger fatality...
...rate as this news hound journeyed past Gales Ferry where the Yale football team had taken over the crow headquarters for their own use, noted more activity than was usual in New England on the Lord's Day. Perhaps he heard the bark of signals; perhaps the thud of boot on taut pigskin; perhaps the creaking of the tackling dummy. In any event his curiosity was aroused and he started to investigate...
...second period Toronto's truculent "Red" Homer crashed into Boston's "Eddie" Shore, sent him sprawling against the boards. Shore picked himself up, skated straight into Toronto's "Ace" Bailey. When Bailey's head hit the ice, everyone in the Boston Garden could hear the thud. While Bailey's teammates carried him to the dressing room, twitching and writhing with a fractured skull, Horner whizzed up to Shore, whammed him on the chin, knocked him unconscious. It took seven stitches to put Shore's scalp together. Few minutes later a bespectacled spectator...
...twelve dollars a month, while the average fee of Boston garages amounts to eight dollars. The car tenders of the Square have given the excuse that they have been forced to raise prices due to the NRA; this seems merely a feeble evasion which collapses with a sickening thud when faced with the fact that the garage men's code has not yet been signed, and that Boston garages are awaiting this before raising their rates...