Word: windedly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Nobody knows which way the football is going to bounce, especially on an afternoon like today. Last year's game might have been different if Levi Jackson's one-handed grab of a wind-blown punt had failed, or if his now famous forward fumble had not hopped 11 yards into the grasping hands of Jack Roderick to keep Yale's scoring drive alive...
Unofficially opening the traditional Yale weekend festivities, the rally will wind up on the steps of Dillon after a sustained torchlight march through local streets. The parade will form before the eyes of John Harvard at 7:15 o'clock...
Thoroughly chilled by a strong Communist wind blowing through Europe, the President's Committee on European Reconstruction recently advocated a long-range program of economic aid to stalwart continental democracies. Mr. Averill Harriman, committee chairman, spoke in cold, harsh tones of survival. A ruthless and determined Russian drive for world domination could be stalled only by a speedy resurrection of such democratically minded nations as Germany, Austria, France, and Italy. While a 17 billion dollar loan is well-designed for the task, Mr. Harriman's enthusiasm seems to have overwhelmed his logic, for he also advises an immediate withdrawal...
...incredible tale of carelessness and poor judgment. He had taken off from Foynes, Eire, 3,600 lbs. overloaded, with two extra passengers aboard, on his own hook, because some of his fares were babies "and they couldn't weigh very much." As the Sky Queen headed west into wind and ice, he kept no systematic check on his fuel consumption, let his crew stand watches as they...
...great shakes as a navigator anyhow. He was actually just a pilot-navigator. But he had boned up on the subject and relied on ten years of experience as a yachtsman. He had flown the Atlantic round trip only once before, had never heard of radioed wind and weather broadcasts from New York...