Word: padding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...students were drinking pale Pilsener beer, as calmly as if they were about to attend a lecture on philosophy." The duelists faced each other, "formal as bride and groom marching to the altar, but far less nervous." Like disciplined gamecocks they stood, a black scarf about each jugular, a pad about each middle. To make the maiming cleanly, each blade was swabbed with antiseptic...
Came a braying of bugles, the pad of running feet. Rifles banged and flashed, bullets bored the air. Ragged government troops and excited revolutionists darted through streets and round corners, stooping, firing, running. On the bridge of the Falke stood Capt. Tipplitt, just appointed "First Admiral of the Revolutionary Government of Venezuela." Waving an automatic pistol he forced the third officer of the Falke and a lifeboat crew to row ashore with more guns, more ammunition. On the beach the third officer was killed. Killed too was General Chalbaud, leader of the rebels, and General Emilio Fernandez, defender of Cumana...
Comfort. Even the open sport planes had their comforts-a pad for back of the pilot's head and one in front, if he jounces forward. Cabins had wicker or upholstered chairs or seats, ash trays, drinking cups. Large and small transports had washstands, toilets and kitchens. But informality is still essential for most air travel...
...movie theatre on Fourteenth Street, Manhattan. William A. Brady, his temporary partner, distrusted the new medium; so did most other producers and actors. Most of the theatrical people who, lacking other jobs, worked in pictures, tried out of shame to stay anonymous. Zukor told their names. On a scratch pad one night he wrote a slogan: "Famous Players in Famous Plays...
...even the Brighton abattoir deludes one into a vague resentment against its vociferous detractors. The passing of slim, long, smoothly-swinging eights, joyful with the leisurely power of an early season paddle but intensifies the easy rhythm of the scene, while an artistic contrast is afforded by the soft pad-padding of the occasional cross-country candidate. Through the trees the glimpses of the fields persuade one that men still play games because they love them...