Word: turretful
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Said the Pittsburgh Press's Douglas Naylor of the No. 1 prizewinner: "Like some others, this reviewer smiled at first sight of South of Scranton. It seems reasonable to conclude that the cannon atop the queer turret is symbolic of capitalism." William Germain Dooley of the Boston Evening Transcript: "All very childlike and charming and deliberately naïve-but also completely counterfeit and insincere...
...thing was certain: Founder McLellan was supporting the principal bidder for the property. Indirectly the bidder was George Keenan Morrow, who with Gold Dust Corp., United Cigar Stores and his Brother Frederick, comprise the "Morrow interests." There was never any doubt that the Morrows intended to add another turret to their merchandising castle, for their proposal included a plan whereby they would ultimately obtain one-half the common stock...
Five thousand Italian officers and a group of foreign military attaches tramped across a dusty field outside Bologna toward the grey hulk of a heavy tank. Maneuvers were over and Benito Mussolini, standing legs astraddle on the turret of the tank, was ready to deliver a final oration before troops were dismissed...
...wing is mounted on a single turret. This construction is expected to reduce vibration in the hull. The passengers' compartment is amidships. In the nose is the control compartment which seats two pilots side by side, mechanic and radio operator behind them. Each pilot has a set of flying instruments and controls before him, and neither sees the engine instruments which are mounted on the rear bulkhead under the eyes of the mechanic. At the mechanic's elbow is a lever with which he can instantly flood the motors with extinguishing chemicals...
...down on her out of the fog on the port side. The Chicago reversed engines, blared a long shrill collision call. The Silver Palm tried to stop. With a metallic crash her prow rammed 18 feet deep into the side of the Chicago just forward of the first gun turret. Two officers and a pay clerk were crushed to death. The Navy Department immediately ordered an investigation but could not find or identify the missing brown ship which had caused the accident...