Word: plaines
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Third Man" Theme. The big issue had been whether the ''third man'' in a jet cockpit should be a pilot or a flight engineer (TIME, May 5). At first, American President C. R. Smith figured that adding a third pilot would be plain featherbedding. Smith changed his mind after American's operations men, who have been studying the line's first Boeing 707 jet in test runs since October, reported that a third pilot is needed, along with an engineer. The plane flies so fast that two pilots should always be at the controls...
...horrified Sir Percy learns at book's end. Despite the grisly finish, Novelist Gary tells Lady L.'s story as slickly and amusingly as if it were an effortless potboiler between more serious efforts-which for him it probably is. But underneath the fun it is also plain that Gary is taking some familiar types for a humiliating ride-all those who love humanity so much that they cannot love people, who can give everything to a cause except their hearts...
...Guard, anti-Eisenhower Senate Republicans emerging from Dwight Eisenhower's office to use the White House steps as a we-got-'em-beat platform. It all seemed confusing-until, that is, the behind-the-scenes facts became known. Then it was no longer confusing; it was as plain...
...written about Cardinal Wolsey, the butcher's son who became England's most powerful statesman. A great churchman and a genius of state administration, he fell victim to his own appetite for power, Henry VIII's displeasure and the Reformation itself. Author Ferguson sees him plain, with charity and good sense...
...court will probably consider the case in late January of February. A decision against the Corporation would require the return of the Arnold collections to Jamaica Plain. The Association hopes, in that event, to raise funds to enlarge the building there, Hemenway said...