Word: pickaback
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...establishment of a "pickaback scholar" plan at Vassar is much to be hoped for . . . As members of an educational institution we must surely recognize the benefits of this new plan and encourage its inception here. --Vassar Miscellany News
...noted in the field of modern education. Through an "undergraduate faculty," the Cambridge plan offers an educational opportunity to worthy high school graduates unable for various reasons to attend college . . . Such a tremendously important and progressive plan elicits our strongest praise and approval. For the advantages of the "pickaback scholar" system are numerous and far-reaching. It provides for further education, not only through classes, but also through the use of the library and the general introduction of eager pupils to the college as a place of learning. It offers a means for the scholarship student to gain financial help...
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Anent the British transatlantic plane Mercury [TIME, Aug. 8], is '"piggy-back," or "pic-a-back," or "pickaback" correct...
...tower and started the plane along the runway. Before Krebs realized what was happening it was too late to jump. He slid astride the fuselage as the plane took off, hung on by the edge of the rear cockpit for dear life. He thought he was in for a pickaback ride all the way to St. Louis. Fortunately a traffic control officer saw him and radioed Pilot Connors to land. As the plane rolled to a stop, Krebs slid to the ground. He was still clutching the papers. His comment, as he handed them up for signature: "No cowboy ever...