Word: tail
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Labrador some 30 years ago, a fur trader named Clarence Birdseye caught a fish, watched it freeze instantly in the 50° below zero temperature. Days later, he dropped the fish into a pail of water to thaw it out, was amazed to see the fish flip its tail and swim about. Birdseye decided that he had "unlocked one of nature's secrets"-and also hit upon a new way to preserve food. When he returned to civilization (i.e., his home in Gloucester, Mass.), he developed a mechanical quick-freezing process and thereby laid the foundation of the frozen...
...owner," Manhattan's elegant Black, Starr & Gorham last week ran a discreet ad. At prices starting at $30, motorists were offered car keys of gold with religious, scenic or auto insignia "to do justice to [their] shiny possession." Snappiest model: a miniature Cadillac with movable wheels, ruby tail lights, diamond headlights and a key that retracts into the chassis. Price...
Turnstiles v. Brain. That was when Rickey took over the job of front-office man for the tail-end St. Louis Cardinals. Rickey and a new owner, the late Sam Breadon, found the club $175,000 in debt. General Manager Rickey tackled the job of putting the club on its feet...
Last week the NACA told about a recoverable model that can be used over & over again. In its tail is a strongly made dive-brake which opens gradually as the model approaches the ground (see cut). When the speed has been reduced sufficiently, a parachute pops out and lowers the model to the earth. The model's instruments are self-recording. After the records have been taken out and the parachute repacked, the model can be sent aloft for another drop...
News. In Bloemfontein, Union of South Africa, a balky lion that had refused to move into its new cage at the Bloemfontein zoo scrambled right in when an attendant gave its tail a hard bite...