Word: columns
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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SINGLE TO SPAIN-Keith Scott Watson-Duiton ($2). Light report by a young English journalist who joined the International Column in Spain, soon transferred to press corps to warm his cold feet...
Sportswriter Rice's column established a golfer who was not only conceivably the best in the world but also so shy he refused to play in tournaments or have his picture taken as a public figure. John Montague promptly became major news. Last September, Westbrook Pegler devoted a column to him. Last January, when a freelance photographer finally got two snapshots of Montague, TIME published them with an account of his progress (TIME...
Thunderheads are cumulus clouds which mark the top of a rising column of air. The expansion and cooling of the air as it rises condenses atmospheric moisture, forms the cloud. The air in and around thunderheads is often gusty enough to toss a glider around like a canoe in heavy surf. The top of the cloud is charged with negative electricity, the bottom with positive. When this difference of potential becomes high enough a stroke of lightning cancels it. A direct hit by lightning has never been definitely shown to be the cause of an airplane wreck, but there...
...their being thrown forward against dashboard, windshield, steering wheel or seat by their own inertia when their car suddenly slams to a stop. Last week Major Alford Joseph ("Al") Williams, speed flyer of note and writer of ability (TIME, Jan. 11), proposed a simple remedy in his daily column in the Pittsburgh Press. Excerpt...
...United Mine Workers of America, as his Lieutenant Governor. It rests on George Earle's own popularity with the miners and steelworkers of Pennsylvania, on the fact that he was able to go out and effectively stump his State last autumn, helping to bring Pennsylvania into the Democratic column for Franklin Roosevelt. Not only as an ardent but as a potent New Dealer, Governor Earle's announcement that he favored a third term for Roosevelt was significant...