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...pukka. They segregated the reckless Americans, rather than salt them into the conservative R. A. F. Among them are barnstormers, crop-dusters, stunt fliers, sportsmen. Youngest is Gregory ("Gus") Daymond, 19, of California, who used to fly an ice-cream king around South America. Oldest is Paul Joseph Haaren, 48, also of California, a movie flier. Most celebrated Eagle is Colonel Sweeney's nephew, wavy-haired Robert ("Bob") Sweeney, who won the British amateur golf championship in 1937 and lately squired Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow. Active commander is Squadron Leader William Erwin Gibson Taylor, 35, formerly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Eagles for Britain | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

...first wife, has been married by the British Consul to an idealistic ingenue of an Irish girl named Helen, who has nursed him through a four years' illness. The bibulous Consul Cheyne, his wife Gabrialle, an unscrupulous French ex-harlot, Helen's Dutch friend, warm sensuous Jenny van Haaren who struggles--at intervals--against her infatuation for Gerald, and Hilary Bentinck, the worldly-wise though disillusioned lawyer who has handled the divorce, comprise the members of the party...

Author: By A. B. M. ii., | Title: More Early Autumn Novels | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

...radio has awe-inspiring educational possibilities. An instructor in the Haaren High School delivered his lecture from the Waldorf-Astoria, and ended with a test question to which he unfortunately broadcast the wrong answer. To make it worse, the Superintendent of Schools was listening in at 500 Park Avenue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: No Publicity | 4/14/1923 | See Source »

...backfield problem is just as serious. Eddy, Ames, Thomas, Brown, Driggs and Tibbott, have all played their last game for Princeton and have left no good substitutes. Haaren, of this year's squad, is a possible quarterback, as is Strubing, captain of the 1920 team. F. Moore, N. C. Nourse, Georgi, Boone and Trimble will all be given a chance in the backfield, but all of these men were on the freshman team and have had experience in big college football games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BLACK MAY BE RE-ELEOTE | 11/28/1916 | See Source »

Ames, Eddy and Corney, the three regular quarterbacks, were out, but Moore played at fullback as usual. Thomas and Brown were the halfbacks, with Haaren at quarter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TEN FUMBLES IN TIGER PRACTICE | 11/2/1916 | See Source »

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