Word: zephyrous
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...than a fly's off-hind footprint. But to its mayor, a hulking, oil-rich, ex-circus roustabout named T. Leo Moore, Electra is the pearl-handled, goldplated, diamond-studded axle of the universe. When the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway threatened to have its streamlined Texas Zephyr blow through Electra without stopping, Mayor Moore began to paw dirt...
...railroad decided to hold off for a while. But a fortnight ago it announced a final decision: after May 1 the Zephyr would no longer stop at Electra...
...Ariel of Jan Farrand is always light, and gay, as "it" should be. Miss Farrand is wise and nimble, and keeps within her character except one time when she briefly impersonated the goddess Ceres. Her Ariel is as pleasant as her zephyr-like voice. Ferdinand and Miranda, the ideal lovers, are ideally cast and suitably played by Miles Morgan and Naomi Raphaelson. Miss Raphaelson is particularly fetching, though her voice does not carry as it should, mainly through her voice does not carry as it should, mainly through her own weak projection. The Gonzale of Donald Stevens was well done...
Obey the Rules. Budd rescued the Burlington, chiefly by foreseeing the revolutionary potential of the diesel engine. His Pioneer Zephyr (1934) was the first diesel-powered streamliner...
...effect, Ford has designed a new Lincoln model to fill the competitive gap left by the Lincoln Zephyr, abandoned in 1941. Next week, Ben Ford will bring out his new Mercury. It has been spruced up to make it a stouter competitor to De Soto, Pontiac, and the light Oldsmobiles and Buicks. It is bigger and will probably cost more than the 1948 Mercury...