Word: light
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week a fancy new name popped up for a transatlantic stunt hop. A California pilot named Thomas H. Smith called his a "research flight." He took off from Old Orchard Beach, Me. in a light Aeronca powered with a four-cylinder, 65-h.p. engine, started for Ireland with 160 gallons of fuel-enough, he hoped, for 32 to 40 hours. Smith had no permit from the Civil Aeronautics Authority, said he wanted to test the possibilities of light planes for long-distance flights. Said one of Smith's friends: "He is a level-headed kid and I think...
Under the hot glare of lights in the RCA-NBC television studios in Manhattan, Heavyweight Boxers Lou Nova and Patsy Perroni one afternoon in April stepped through an exhibition bout that was mostly light lefts and sweat. When it was over, Referee Arthur Donovan eyed the array of television gadgetry around him, then turned and faced the television camera. Said he, with a sweep of his arm: "I wish dis t'ing luck...
...canine equivalent of beriberi (vitamin B1 deficiency disease). To test his belief he took 13 healthy puppies from his own kennels, fed them nothing but water and heavy dog food mixed with all the vitamins but B1. Within a week the dogs shunned the food, lost weight. They avoided light, trembled and cringed when patted, climbed walls, fell backward, howled constantly. When offered food, they fell forward into their pans...
Sargent claimed the large number of Prep school tutees was due largely to personal wealth. "A great many have no interest in getting a college education but go through the four years just to please their parents, who regard college in the same light as a finishing school," he says...
Four instead of the usual five Juniors were appointed because of the ties between James Light body and Douglas Mercer in the election. Blair Clark, President of the CRIMSON, is one out-of-house representative...