Word: plane
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fortnight, manna in 1-lb. paper bags. Dr. Philip Gootenberg, president of New Jersey's Consolidated Sportsmen, had thought up the idea. The U. S. Department of Commerce had waived its regulation against throwing things from airplanes in flight. Paterson's Wright Aeronautical Corp. had lent a plane and crack pilot. Three times Dr. Gootenberg soared up from Paterson, flew low over inaccessible, snow-covered woodlands, pelting down 750 bags filled with corn, wheat, millet, rye. Consolidated Sportsmen was also busy last week adding 75 bird self-feeders to the 125 it has already placed in remote...
...done by Vaughan Williams, whereas the Andante of the second Brandenburg Concerto is transcribed by Eugene Geosens. Care has been taken in all cases to keep as near the original harmony as possible. The book should be valuable to anyone who enjoys Bach and likes to play the plane...
...third volume of the Oxford Edition of the Works of Chopin includes the Masurkas, Moreeaux do Concert. Concerios and the Rondean pour Deux Plane. They are all taken from the original Chopin manuscripts, with autographed changes shown in a clear manner. There is an introduction in English French and German which explains the need for such an edition and the difficulties in compiling it. The work in its entirety is probably too expensive and voluminous for most pianists, but should be included in a musical library of any pretensions...
Having lived chiefly in France since 1890, he sailed at last in December 1928, for Brazil. His return was an heroic but tragic event. The official plane Alberto Santos-Dumont flew forth to greet the hero apropos, fell into a tailspin, drowned all 14 greeters. Alberto Santos-Dumont never recovered from the shock...
...Bloodgood's maddened cancer patients Dr. Cowles expects to calm with reason, compel with sense. Dr. Cowles will divide his time between Baltimore and Manhattan (traveling by plane), beginning soon after New Year's. How he deals with neurotic patients Dr. Bloodgood does not much care. Dr. Bloodgood's prime interest is to see many cancer cases, and to see them early in their disease...