Word: wing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...like a tin can with a firecracker inside it," said an oil field worker. Across the plains for miles around, horrified observers on shanty porches, at oil derricks, in automobiles, thought of a hurricane, an earthquake, a battle, as at 3:05 last Thursday afternoon the high-school wing of the Consolidated School at New London, Tex., suddenly blew to pieces...
...Mills began making his own records. Decca put out a feeler for Mills and his songs and artists, but before anything could be done, American had given Mr. Mills a new deal whereby he was to function as managing director of his own labels under American's wing...
...statement is not in accordance with demonstrated facts." The Times and others pointed at 20 or more loyal Democratic Senators, at liberals such as Norris, Wheeler, Nye, at many pro-Roosevelt newspapers which now oppose the Court proposal. Senator Edward R. Burke of Nebraska, leader of the pro-Court wing among Senate Democrats, declared: "If the President thinks that . . . those 'defeatist lawyers'.. . are the only ones ... he is sadly mistaken. The most bitter opposition to the plan is from people who wholeheartedly supported the President last November...
Though Flagstad is the Metropolitan's prime drawing card, its German wing- with Rethberg, Lehmann, Melchior, Schorr, List-was the world's finest even before her arrival. When Edward Johnson became general manager, he knew better than to tamper with the wing that artistically and box-officially is his best. The Italian and French wings were in less happy state, and Johnson combed Europe last summer engaging fresh singers...
...American Airways was the first to act. Mindful of early Boeing flying boats and of the 299's splendid wing design, P. A. A. last autumn gave Boeing a contract for six gigantic Clippers, each to have two decks, carry 60 passengers, weigh 41 tons, speed at 200 m.p.h. These vast flying boats are now well along at Boeing's plant on the Duwamish Waterway, Seattle, the biggest seaplanes under construction in the U. S. Last week Boeing won an even juicier contract - to build the biggest land transports...