Word: tread
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...braked. But from the rear-yes? no? . . . No, there was no visible difference; a new Ford would be scarcely distinguishable from an old until you passed it. The highway had had its face lifted but would do its back hair as always. Acts. That motorists may be obliged to tread their accelerators stoutly to have a front view of any new Fords going their way, was suggested by a statement issued last week by Edsel B. Ford (president of the Ford Motor Co.), the first official announcement in many weeks of rumor. He spoke of the car as "an accomplished...
Passengers boarding the Century always tread plush. But next week the red platform carpets will be new, as red and plush as money can buy. Brass polish will be copiously consumed this week on observation-car railings, and, no doubt, even upon the service-shiny buttons of John Joseph Kennedy...
...they were in the heyday of the turtlenecked sweater. They are finicky about their friends. They would be standoffish should any president seek to backslap and fraternize. Often they are best left to their self-sufficient devices. "Perhaps," said a jokester, "only fools rush in where Angells fear to tread...
...boyish grin and wispy figure of Edward of Wales are so familiar in London dance halls and saloons (TIME, Feb. 7, 21), that when he motored out to Hastings, Sussex, last week, past fields of primroses all in saffron bloom, Britons wondered if His Royal Highness would not tread a measure with some buxom Sussex wench along a merry primrose path. Soon he contrived to exceed all expectations. . . . Wenches were, of course, not lacking. Hardly a "pub" in Hastings is without its ruddy Sussex barmaid. Had Edward of Wales but stopped in to dash himself against a whiskey and soda...
...Knock it out of the lot, Eddie!" Cobb may have sneered. "That guy in the box is wholly worthless when considered from a pitching stand-point!" Umpire Wilson halted the game; approached the offending athlete with firm tread and livid countenance; ordered him off the premises. Cobb made leisurely preparations to comply with the arbiter's command. He walked slowly to the players' bench. He drew a glass of ice cold water; drank it with time out between sips for breathing and contemplation; carefully replaced the glass. He noted that one shoe lace seemed insecurely knotted. This situation...