Word: twinned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Ireland, the Cavalier's twin, the Caledonia, stripped of all fittings to make room for extra gas tanks, circled for hours over the sea to give Imperial personnel a taste of ocean flying, then droned off on a non-stop jump to Egypt...
...seven o'clock one night last week, Pilot Thompson took his sleek, twin-motored plane up from Burbank with Co-Pilot Joe De Cesaro (who also had flown 147 hours in a Douglas) beside him, pretty Hostess Ruth Kimmel aft taking care of the eight passengers. At 8:44, after an uneventful trip, Pilot Thompson radioed the dispatcher at Mills Field, San Francisco, that he was approaching, would land on the East-West runway. It was a clear, calm night and those at the airport soon saw the big plane droning in from the South at about...
...March 9, Seattle will vote whether to replace worn-out street cars by spend ing $12,500,000 for 240 trackless trolley and 135 busses built by Twin Coach Co. Last week, Washington's Lieutenant Governor Victor Aloysius Meyers, onetime bandmaster, had the American Legion hire a brunette, a blonde and a redhead, all young and pretty, to act as publicity building "hostesses" on a demonstrator model of the new vehicles. Said Vic Meyers: "They will be neat, sweet and discreet. To protect them in the rush hour we'll put bumpers on them, fore...
...course of action for the next twelve months, the Instrumental Clubs are facing two problems that have cast shadows of doubt over their future. For a group that was once the very button on Fortune's cap has sunk low indeed in her favors, falling prey to the twin troubles of changing musical tastes and of lethargy on the part of their members, and unless oxygen is quickly applied, the flame of life may go out entirely. Yet the Instrumental Clubs need only a few readjustments in their program, plus vigorous and enthusiastic leadership, to bring back their once vaunted...
...pitched headlong, did not finish. Both Rideouts ran in the two-mile an hour later. Blaine fought with Lash for second place for 16 laps while Indiana's Tommy Deckard built up an unbeatable lead. Getting a pain in his side, Blaine fell back, was lapped by his twin who also weakened and the two crossed the finish line together in the ruck...