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...aces was Captain Joseph C. McConnell Jr. of Apple Valley, Calif., who posted the unequaled high score for Korea: 16 Russian MIGs. McConnell believed in aggressiveness and good eyesight. "Everything," he once said, "I owe to my eyes." Also: "I can walk into a squad room, watch the men playing ping-pong, and pick out the best fighter pilots...
...more loyal than Pennsylvania State Senator J ohn J. Haluska, who plumped for Hoxsey after his 35-year-old sister took the tonic last summer. "I don't care whether it's cough syrup or pure mountain water." she told him. "That's what I owe my life...
...right of the duly constituted authorities of the University to determine for administered, the disposition of each. To Charles Coolidge as senior member of the corporation and as member of the special committee of the corporation constituted to deal with these difficult matters, the faculties of this University owe a particular debt of gratitude. If Harvard has emerged from this trial stronger in purpose, stronger in confidence and stronger in her devotion to the freedom she has inherited, it is in large part to the qualities of determination and fundamental moral courage exhibited by Charles Coolidge and above...
Murchison has built his empire on credit. He now owes millions and is considered vulnerable by some Texans, who think that he is already spread too thin. Murchison thinks not, as long as he is able to borrow more against his oil reserves and other holdings. Says he: "Cash makes a man careless." Both he and Richardson pride themselves on the fortunes they owe. "Murchison," Richardson once said, "I'm a bigger success than you are. Some of my paper is held in London." When Murchison once decided to get out of debt, Richardson talked...
Wedemeyer, who knows personally both Red Chinese premier Mao Tse-Tung and foreign minister Chou En-Lai, pointed out that both of these leaders "owe everything they have to Moscow." There is no chance of our creating a cleavage between Russia and China in the foreseeable future," he said...