Word: tow
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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While a violent storm lashed British Columbia a fortnight ago, the 101-ton tug George McGregor was returning without tow from Bamberton to Victoria. Rounding Trial Island, near Victoria, she caught the full blast of the gale and the pull of the riptide. The combination was too much. She began to roll, then capsized and sank...
Franconia Notch, New Hampshire: The lower open slope has 12 inches of packed powder snow. No skiing will be permitted on the trails but the rope tow will operate today and tomorrow...
Pico Peak, Rutland, Vermont: Eight inches of settled powder reported on the lower B slope. Rope tow and T-bar will run this weekend. Skiing fair...
...State Department now expects the British, with India and Australia in tow, to recognize the Chinese Communists before year's end. The British suggested that they would consider withholding recognition only if the U.S. promised to help them defend Hong Kong against a possible Communist attack; the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff have come out flatly against such a U.S. commitment...
Full Service. In St. Paul, Minn., when Motorist Darrald Schoenheider refused to pay $7 for having his 1934 Buick hauled out of a swamp, the tow-truck driver returned to the scene, shoved Schoenheider's car back into the swamp...