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Unlucky. Among the first utterances of Passenger Levine, after landing in Germany, was a cablegram to the Hearst press: "Lindbergh was lucky and we were not. If we had had one-tenth of Lindbergh's luck, we would have done much better. The wind was against us 75% of the way. . . . Still, we flew for 44 hours, and covered 4,400 miles as against Lindbergh's 33½ hours and 3,600 miles. But Lindbergh was lucky and we were...
...papers did not report one-tenth the shop windows I actually smashed...
...depression. Today all traces of that depression have disappeared; a spirit of optimism is general, and our domestic and international trade is flourishing." Ergo, Finance Minister Robb presented a budget that cuts $27,000,000 off the burdens of Canadian taxpayers, and balances at $354,259,413- almost exactly one-tenth the balancing figure of the U.S. budget: $3,584,987,873 (TIME...
...great luxury. The teeth are ground down to one-tenth natural size with prodigious labor by the simple Fiji Tiffanys and Cartiers...
Murchison broke the worsted in the 60-yard dash with Miller at his heels. The winner sped over the distance in six and three-tenths seconds, one-tenth of a second from the world mark. Murchison's leg injury, which he received at the close of last year's season, may be a handicap to the champion runner this year, and the Crimson sprinter, who has been showing more speed than ever, may flash his heels in front of the field tonight. In the 40 yard dash at the Knights of Columbus games, Miller was clocked at four and three...