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Santa Rita used to be in Albuquerque, where her bird was thought to be a dove. Now that she has moved to Socorro and the rainmaking studies are going full blast around her, it has been noticed that her bird looks more like a duck. It holds its head back on its shoulders in a way doves seldom do. Dr. Workman considers this apparent metamorphosis a favorable omen...
...shot down his first German plane, an Albatross single-seater, on April 29, 1918. He dove his Nieuport out of the sun until he was less than 150 yards from his quarry before he opened fire...
...order over the intercom: "Abandon ship." Then he cut in the automatic pilot. In the radio compartment just abaft the pilots' seats, Staff Sergeant Vitale Trippodi tied down his radio key to keep a signal on the air as long as the aircraft was 'aloft, and dove for the escape hatch. Within seconds, all 17 aboard had leaped into a 55-mile gale, drifted down into the wilderness of Princess Royal Island, off the coast of British Columbia, 450 miles northwest of Seattle. It was a few minutes before midnight...
...than the cherry," is an exception. Obviously it has been included for the very good reason that Paul Tibbetts is singing it, but it is one of the dullest pieces the Handel ever wrote. Marguerite Willauer has much better material for her fine soprano voice in "As when the dove laments her love" and "Heart, the seat of soft delight...
...Dick O'Brien and Bob Graham the other. On the forward wall, Walt Greeley at center, flanked by Amory Hubbard at left wing and Norman Grant at the other outside post, appears a likely starter. The second offensive unit will be, from left to right, John Dunphy, "Dove" Harvey, and Fran Hardy...