Word: flyering
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...James was chief of the Times's Bureau in Paris, where he so won the respect and friendship of French officials that he was made a member of the French Legion of Honor. In Paris he covered the arrival of Atlantic Flyer Lindbergh, considers that one of the most important stories he ever handled...
Flight for Freedom (RKO-Radio) centers around the expansion of Japanese power in the '30s. The U.S. needs a plausible reason to photograph the Japanese-mandated islands from the air. Suppose the Navy had to search for a famous woman flyer lost in that neighborhood...
...pointed out the inconsistencies in the flyer's arguments about labor rights, wages and hours, absentecism, and slowdowns in production; and concluded by refuting Rickenbacker's accusations against the "swollen treasuries" of the labor unions...
Some R.A.F. expressions wander into wondrous double talk. Example: "Can I get a taxi?" asked the American outside the Savoy. "You've had it," said the R.A.F. flyer, i.e., "You haven...
...failed to get into Annapolis because of weak eyes (20/40 in one eye,* 20/80 in the other) got there after two months of exercises, has since become a flyer. Another boy was refused by the Coast Guard for 20/100 vision, got in after a month and a half of eye training. Neither the Army nor Navy keeps tab of how many of their men have eye-muscled their way in, but the American Optometric Association has records...