Word: recoverable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The German submarine commander who had loosed the torpedo as a "practice shot" had aimed at nothing. The torpedo, he knew, was empty of explosives. Routine-surfeited, he prepared to steam after it, to recover and recharge with propulsive air this highly expensive mechanism. . . .
Mr. Caraway: "The Senator is a very able lawyer. Can my friend Pepper now sue the people who got his money and did not deliver, and recover? He ought to have some kind of forum where he can get his money's worth."
One of the pigeons arrived in Washington two days later, a second followed. A third flew into a wire en route, was injured, will recover. The fourth flew against the tower of a Methodist church in Virginia near the Capitol: "Dead in the line of duty."
THE WISDOM TOOTH?A man who recaptured his childhood long enough to recover his courage.
The showing of the Crimson team yesterday was very encouraging, especially since the players had had very little time to recover from the Dartmouth contest on Saturday.