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...Pinter s Error. Luck saved them from bankruptcy. First, a printer's error boosted the price on the cover to 60?. Then after the first printing of 5,000 copies had sold out early last fall (mainly in Huntsville), they printed 15,000 more barely got them on the stands in twelve cities when the Russians launched Sputnik I on Oct. 4. Within days, 95% of the copies were gone. Says Editor Isbell: "The Russians put us in business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Space Salesmen | 4/7/1958 | See Source »

...life raft bumping the waves of the Windward Passage near Haiti looked no bigger than a cork when the Catalina patrol plane first sighted it; but when Ensign Francis E. Pinter eased his ship down to 200 ft., he could make out 17 people crowded upon it. To attempt a landing in such a choppy sea was a risky business for a plane that was toting a pair of depth charges, beaching gear, and a crew of eight, but Ensign Pinter figured that the plane had burned 300 gallons of gas since it left San Juan, Puerto Rico, was therefore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC: Catalina to the Rescue | 4/27/1942 | See Source »

Hoping to sight a sub (and sink same) in the Windward Passage, Ensign Pinter did not want to jettison his bombs. But on the take-off he was sorely tempted to let them go. Said his report last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC: Catalina to the Rescue | 4/27/1942 | See Source »

Died. Joe Penner (real name: Joseph Pinter), 36, Hungarian-born radio, stage and screen comic who gained fame a few years ago by his inane radiululations ("Wanna buy a duck?" "You nasty man!"); of heart disease; in Philadelphia, where week ago he had assumed the leading role in the musical show Yokel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 20, 1941 | 1/20/1941 | See Source »

...second nine will play at Groton today. Milne, the regular catcher, will play on the University nine, and E. Putnam will take his place. The batting order will be as follows: Clay 3b, Whittemore 1b, Stewart c.f., G. Putnam s. s., Keene 2b, Quincy l.f., Pinter r.f., E. Putnam, c., Coburn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Second Nine vs. Groton. | 5/12/1900 | See Source »

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