Word: hops
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...York-to-London speed record: 7 hrs. 48 min. (Previous record: 8 hrs. 55 min.) A veteran Pan American pilot with a record of more than 400 transatlantic crossings, Blair also made a New York-Foynes speed record in 1944 of 14 hrs. 17 min. After his latest hop, he took a passenger plane home in time for a quick visit with his wife Janice and two youngsters, before going back to the controls of his regular New York-London Stratocruiser...
...clock: a (really) lean hour. You can hear Modern English and American Poetry with Wanning in Harvard 1. Otherwise you can hop down to Mass. Ave. for the mid-morning coffee...
...here say this plant won't be built,' this engine won't run, this ship won't fly, or this plane won't win the war, I'm going to ask for his resignation immediately." When an assembly line slowed down, Colbert would hop on a motor scooter and dash to the scene of the trouble. Finally, the first engine came off the line and began its loo-hour test run. After 70 hours, the engine blew up; a tiny oil hole had not been drilled all the way through. But the next engine...
...novice as well as the expert and until March, at least, there is no danger of plowing through any juniper bushes on the slopes. The trip to this Canadian ski area can be accomplished by an over-night train trip from Boston or a few hours' plane hop...
...Hop Riopel, Purple coach, claims that his team is still unorganized, but the Crusaders had enough to whip Dartmouth and Yale, and tie Boston College and Colgate. But Riopel's team is used to giving the varsity defensive practice, so the freshmen have to learn a new formation almost every week. As a result, the Holy Cross attack has a little of everything...