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". . . And what is expedite? Well, it means advance, accelerate ... [it] has something to do with pediatrics and . . . is derived from the past participle of the word expedire, that is, to let go of the foot. Now, here we are with our foot caught, as it were. We have a report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Freshman | 1/27/1947 | See Source »

Anthony Herman Gerhard Fokker, technical chief of General Motors Corp.'s aviation division, visiting at Roosevelt Field, L. I., ran across Miss Luba Phillips, a Russian pilot, the first woman he ever taught to fly. A reunion! They should have a fly together! Her monocoupe sport plane was on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 14, 1930 | 7/14/1930 | See Source »

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