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...flight is my personal desire, . . . I want it to be a throroughgoing check of modern equipment". A far better way of checking the equipment is the quiet activity of Pan American Airways and the large domestic airlines, whose engineers fly thousands of miles a day trying out the same apparatus Miss Earhart uses and recording a mass of data under all sorts of conditions she cannot duplicate. No revolutionary invention will be tested on the hopscotch trip; what aviation may gain are the observations one woman in a large plane can jot down when she is not piloting, navigating...
...ruling on the conduct of the pupils is to be placed a strict and conscientious application of discipline. ... In the personal record there will be entered for the entire duration of his studies the marks of the pupil for every quarter, his prizes and his punishments. ... A special apparatus of Communist Youth organizers is to be installed for the surveillance of the pupil inside and outside of school. They are to watch over the morality and the state of mind of the pupils. . . . Establish a single form of dress for pupils of the primary, semi-secondary, and secondary schools, this...
...which are nearing completion. One will be a mile long, 1,200 ft. wide, the others 4,500 ft. long, 600 ft. wide. All will be covered with asphalt and an extra mile of approach will be cleared at each end. All runways will have a flushing apparatus to clear away snow. Two miles away at Gander Lake, which is said to be ice-free all year, is a clearing for a seaplane base, with two channels almost wholly dredged. On the Newfoundland Railway stands a new station already labeled "Newfoundland Airport." Hotels, customs, hangars are soon...
Although their first verdict as to the cause was a short circuit in the radio set, Hinckley himself doubted seriously that his apparatus had been responsible. He had used Underwriter's equipment, in the building of the set, he said, and he always made it a special point to check all switches before leaving the room. No open switches were visible I the smoking remains...
...rereading of the text and sober second thought bring home the fact that it is little more than a makeshift apparatus of an ephemeral nature. True, Mr. Lewis is not found astride the backs of all GM labor; his union is recognized as the bargaining agent only for its own members and hot for will employees as was originally demanded. True, the company will drop its injunction suit and union members will be able to get much-needed repairs in their breeches. Discrimination is ruled out by both sides when employes return to work. Flint will not be another Madrid...