Word: farther
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...monsters reported by a patrol commander last week-or rather, the one-ninth of it visible above water-was 135 ft. high, 600 ft. long. In early May, transatlantic shipping was detoured to a route 45 miles south of the preferred lanes, later moved about 50 miles farther south still...
...wrecked on the coast, others drift into the Strait of Belle Isle; some float south to the Gulf Stream. This year, more bergs than usual were expected, because of an open winter in Baffin Bay and Labrador, and because the cold water of the Labrador current was reaching farther south than usual...
...Australia at Quebec was the left foot. This ill omen was somewhat reflected in the reserved manner in which Quebec's French-speaking citizenry received them, causing New York Timesman John MacCormac to observe: "Canadian crowds are given to taking their pleasures silently, if not sadly." But the farther west Their Majesties went on their 26-day Canadian trip, the more English and enthusiasm they ran into, until, at Ottawa, the crowd went crazy and somebody actually slapped George on the back. At that point the Royal visit-whose chief purpose was to bring Canada as close as possible...
...which 80.000 racing fans jampacked Churchill Downs last week, everyone, from the 50? standing-room to the $99 boxes, agreed with Owner Woodward that Johnstown was a great horse. Taking the lead away from speedy little El Chico (winter-book favorite) at the first quarter, long-striding Johnstown streaked farther away from the field at every pole, breezed under the wire in a common gallop, with ears cocked as if wondering what had happened to the rest of the gang. Six lengths behind was W. L. Brann's Challedon, one length in front of Jock Whitney's Heather...
...speed-killing characteristic, of the modern airplane is caused by its wings. Most of the wing drag is caused by air friction along the surface which, as the plane speeds through the air, changes from a smooth or laminar flow near the leading edge to a tumbling, churning turbulence farther back on the wing...