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...fought hard on the defense behind a staunch forward wall led by right guard Greg Nazarian and seized upon a first period break for the margin of victory. In that frame, left end Marshall raced 80 yards for the game's only score after grabbing a Leverett fumble in midair...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Dudley Topples Bunnies; Eliot Triumphs | 10/18/1946 | See Source »

Died. Geoffrey De Havilland, 37, Britain's leading test pilot; in a midair explosion while testing a new De Havilland jet plane; over the Thames Estuary, England (see FOREIGN NEWS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 7, 1946 | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

Then the plane may flip in a violent roll, or snap into a dive as the wing loses its lift. Racked by enormous forces, the plane may suddenly disintegrate in midair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Jets Are Different | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

Wave of Indecision. In Washington, Lieut. Commander Bernice Boner decided to end it all, jumped from a 90-ft. Potomac bridge, changed her mind in midair, was glad she could swim so well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 12, 1946 | 8/12/1946 | See Source »

...central Europe, where the two worlds divided, the Ministers made no progress at all. Molotov refused to put Austria on the agenda, even for June 15. The far more important question of Germany's future was left in midair. Russia also vetoed a Byrnes move for a "general Allied conference" on Germany next November...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Obstacle Race | 5/27/1946 | See Source »

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