Word: trickyness
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Spectacular Job-Hunt. Of 18 bridges in the heart of London, the Mad Major had shot 15, missing Hungerford, Barnes and Kew because "the rising currents were tricky . . . and I didn't want to take any risks." Then he flew back to the Herts & Essex Airplane Club and stepped...
Hall's tricky maneuvers at Yale had Harvard going around in circles. The University had decided long ago that the only sane football policy was scheduling teams which were willing to keep football secondary to education. When Hall and Yale refused to go along, it seemed that Harvard must either...
Ohio thus has little priority in choice for Statehood than is two rivals. Of course, central location is a big factor, for closing the gap between the Atlantic Seaboard and the Pacific frontier has always been an ardent hope for all Americans. But a hasty decision based merely on location...
Problematic Plan. Not all airplane designers believe that the X-3 has a chance of reaching the speed for which it was designed. It is underpowered, they say, and, without complete redesign, it cannot use the bigger engines that are coming along. Bill is noncommittal. Neither liking nor trusting his...
The way to surprise and amaze your friends, according to the old ad, is to sit down at the piano and dash off a few tricky arpeggios learned on the sly. These days, so many Americans are sitting down at their pianos that friends are no longer surprised; it is...