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Word: toed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Although I wanted to share my knowledge, I couldn't. My immediate neighbors, two business school students, were talking about their new dean. They had pale complexions, three-piece suits, and glasses. I didn't want to let anyone play hero and warn the pilot, so I just sat back...

Author: By Richard Bock, | Title: The Aviator Getting There | 12/18/1969 | See Source »

Just about the time I had him rising from his seat on the way to the cockpit, the no smoking - seat belt sign started flashing and a bell chimed. I held my breath as the engine slowed and the pilot came on the P. A. system to announce that we...

Author: By Richard Bock, | Title: The Aviator Getting There | 12/18/1969 | See Source »

The plane circled in slow and easy over the Delaware and a few dozen destroyers in mothballs, past an old army base, its barracks down to black skeletons. The wheels touched down and a stewardess told us to stay in our seats.

Author: By Richard Bock, | Title: The Aviator Getting There | 12/18/1969 | See Source »

When I entered the terminal, there were cops all over the place, big Philadelphia cops with black leather jackets like the Panthers, and big nightsticks. I thought for a moment that my man was still on the plane, waiting to spring his trap on the next leg of the flight...

Author: By Richard Bock, | Title: The Aviator Getting There | 12/18/1969 | See Source »

The cops didn't seem too apprehensive. They stood in small groups as if they were waiting for relatives to arrive and talked to each other about football. I asked a woman in the snack bar what the cops were doing there. "Didn't you read about it in the...

Author: By Richard Bock, | Title: The Aviator Getting There | 12/18/1969 | See Source »

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