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North Conway reports a temperature of eight degrees above zero and 13 to 28 inches of snow, composed for the most part of light, breakable crust; while Jackson reports the same temperature and 18 to 20 inches of snow, also of light, breakable crust...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Good Skiing Reported In Northern Resorts | 2/21/1942 | See Source »

...looked up and saw his roommate leaning out of the window. "Let's go to Dirty's and have a milkshake; I'll come right down." Vag stood waiting, kicking the crust off the snow. Dirty Mary's hadn't changed, anyhow, reading period hadn't, notes from the Dean's office hadn't and the U.T. hadn't. Things would go on, he reflected; we'd just have to put on a little more pressure. What was it Sir Francis Drake had said--something like "We'll have our milkshake at Dirty's and lick the Japs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 1/6/1942 | See Source »

Cozy little Tropical, founded by ex-Bootlegger Big Bill Dwyer in 1931, is the perennial curtain raiser of the U.S. winter racing season. Snubbed by the East's upper crust and its gold-plated horses, Tropical managed nevertheless to keep things going until neighboring Hialeah and California's Santa Anita, headliners of the winter program, were ready for their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Tropical Forecast | 1/5/1942 | See Source »

...Yank in the R.A.F." offers exciting glimpses of the bombing of Berlin, the evacuation of Dunkirk, and the conquest of Grable all three feats performed by Tyrone Power without so much as messing his coiffure. The supporting cast, sparked by Reginald Gardiner as an R.A.F. volunteer from the upper crust who is just bored with it all, give sparkling comedy performances; and a horde of extras with wonderful technical direction pack conviction into the military scenes...

Author: By E. G., | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 11/24/1941 | See Source »

...estimates in actual production. It will probably be located near the cheap-power source of the Tennessee Valley. Raw material can be mined in almost anybody's back yard since aluminum, the commonest of all metals, is one of the three principal components of the earth's crust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Backyard Aluminum | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

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