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Wing & a Prayer. In Pŏ;rto Alegre, Brazil, aeronautics inspectors grounded Pilot Sebastiao Afonso Corbeta when they learned that 1) he had been landing his plane at night on a pitch-dark 100-yard strip, 2) his carburetor was full of sand, 3) his tires were patched with cut-up inner tubes, 4) he had no pilot's license...
...doggedly goes on piling up mileage. His princess does not get angry: she "looked through scarlet lace." A soldier does not feel regret: "hands were wringing in his brain." Snowy's leg is not suddenly weak: it goes to "laughing gristle." Other Llewellynisms that would flood any ordinary carburetor: "A quick thrust of pity alchemised her feeling to a silt of motherly impatience"; "she rolled over, drinking coffee...
Unfortunately some Harvard students are harder to please. Large numbers are hoping for Jeep exhaust pipes, a new carburetor, a metal top, or a radio for their cars. Other much-wanted items, which are more likely to be found, are sweaters, cigarette cases, cufflinks, tie clasps, scarves, socks, good books, and neckties...
...trying to tap Bizonia's vitally needed industry. "Western Europe," he said, "is like a machine that has run way down. Part needs oiling, part replacing, part overhauling. Before this machine can achieve top efficiency again, every single piece must be functioning smoothly. Germany is the carburetor of this machine." He had staunchly backed ECA's drive to halt the dismantling of Ruhr factories...
...industrial engineer, Collisson knew the importance of incentive for all classes, since all together they made what he calls "the German carburetor." Telling the Germans as much as possible about the Marshall Plan was one of the best ways to prime the carburetor...