Word: feeler
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...have been performed on the stage of everyday life. Last fall the newspapers told of a small sail-boat, only six miles from the scene of Hugo's story, which was actually attacked by a gigantic octopus. One tentacle, grasping the mast, almost upset the boat before the tough feeler could be backed off with an axe; another reached up and clutched a man; and only after an hour's battle was the monster forced back into...
...Athletic Association games held at Madison Square Garden, New York City, February 1. There the Crimson medley realy team composed of Burke, Eaton, Chute, and Merrill ran second to Princeton, while Whitney won first place in the 50-yard hurdles against an exceptionally strong field. This was merely a "feeler" of the University's strength...
...negotiations on German reparations at the London conference have thus far been characterized by their indefiniteness,--by the fact that neither side understands the other. The German "feeler", which offered an indemnity far below the figure set by the Paris estimate, served only to dissipate the differences in opinion between the Allied premiers. Several points of the most vital importance remain obscure because unmentioned...