Word: wheeling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Saxon rulers prided themselves on their armories, and in Washington an airy gallery evokes the power and pageantry of their court. The gallery is dominated by a mounted knight in full ceremonial armor, flanked by armor for a six-year-old boy; the walls bristle with swords, crossbows and wheel-lock pistols, and are enlivened by four panels showing jousters at the moment of impact...
...shiny new roulette wheel slowed, the hopping ivory ball fell into the green "0" slot, allowing the croupier to rake in the bets. A few minutes later, against the odds, 'the ball dropped into the "00" slot, again making losers of almost all the bettors pressed against the table. The house, predictably, was starting off ahead...
...overlooking the gaming tables, a steak restaurant and a rubious French restaurant serving caviar at $18 an ounce. Final touches were being applied feverishly last week in the midst of the gambling rehearsal. A film crew was in the casino shooting a training segment that explains the Big Six wheel...
...Brezhnev's driving. I presented him with a dark blue Lincoln Continental. He got behind the wheel. The head of my Secret Service detail went pale as I climbed in and we took off down one of the narrow roads that run around the perimeter of Camp David. At one point there is a very steep slope with a sign at the top reading, "Slow, Dangerous Curve." Even driving a golf cart down it, I had to use the brakes in order to avoid going off the road. Brezhnev was driving more than 50 miles an hour...
...used carriage bolts, foam pontoons, a rudder and rocket engine, a tank of carbon dioxide and two bicycles for wheel power, Alan Stern '79, one of the builders said yesterday...