Word: instructors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...course, worries herself satchel-eyed about him, and not without reason. When he gets his hands on the stick of a jet, he looks as if he were holding a hashish lollipop, and he sighs: "Now I know how the angels feel!" Down on the ground his instructor (James Whitmore) breathes a blessing: "Show 'em up, tiger! You own the sky." All of this naturally makes Airman McConnell seem a bit of a sap as well as a lot of a hero, and strongly suggests that the Air Force itself is just a shining-faced troop of hi-octane...
...Owen's career deserves a better description than "noted instructor." Dean Watson's wife, for instance, could give considerably more information about...
...must remember the several times she competed against the "noted instructor" in the national figure skating championships. As Maribel Vinson, Mrs. Owen did win the title for nine years in succession, starting when she was still a student at Boston Girls Latin and continuing through her years at Radcliffe and as the first woman sports reporter for the New York Times...
World titlist Tenley Albright would describe Mrs. Owen in different terms. She would mention that it was Mrs. Owen who first inspired her to take skating seriously, back in 1945. The "noted instructor" coached her for three years, outlining a program in 1946 for her eventual appearance in the 1952 Olympics. Mrs. Owen is once again Tenley's coach after spending several years on the West Coast...
Eliot House senior Chuck Foster could add more to Mrs. Owen's story. He and Maribel, her 15-year old daughter, won the National Junior Pairs Championship last April. At present they are hoping to receive an invitation to compete in next year's Olympics. The "noted instructor" has coached them ever since they started skating a year...