Word: winging
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Democratic National Convention (TIME, July 7), the 40th, the 50th, the 60th, the 70th ballot passed. All records were broken. In 1860, the Democratic Convention at Charleston had balloted 57 times before splitting over the slavery issue, after which the southern delegates withdrew and the northern wing nominated Douglas on the second ballot. In 1840, the Whig Convention at Harrisburg had taken "many, many" ballots ? nobody counted them?before nominating W. H. Harrison. But even if the number of ballots at these Conventions had been as great, the endurance record would have been less, for in the earlier days...
...pitch dark. With his altimeter reading between 3,000 and 4,000 feet, the pilot guided his plane to the outskirts of the town, to minimize danger to others, and stayed on board as long as he dared. He then unloosed his safety belt, crawled out on the wing, and jumped into 1,800 feet of darkness. The wind blew him clear, and he counted two before pulling the rip cord, so that the parachute might be clear of entanglement. Macready did not know whether he was upside down or not when he left the ship, or whither...
...possibility of a club with extremely radical tendencies turning into a conservative organization when put the question was admitted by the man behind the new "Left Wing" last night...
...weight of authority seems temporarily to have sobered radical opinion in England, Italy, and Germany. One feels, however, there that radicalism is merely pent-up for the time being. In Russia where the former radicals have become in a way conservative, opinion comes principally from the extreme left. That wing now advocates a new calendar bringing one holiday in every five days and a new day of twenty-five hours...
...purpose of the Left Wing, it was explained, is to encourage undergraduates, not to shrink from radicalism as such, but rather through frequent discussions to comprehend the various forms it has taken and, perhaps, work out more satisfactory solutions. Unlike the political clubs now existing in the University, the Left Wing will have no definite platforms or policies, but will be one in which all schemes, particularly radical ones, will be expounded, discussed, and revised...