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Word: plane (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...criminal acts of the Fascist Governments, I want to salute young Mussolini. He is not only a gentleman but a very good fighter." The duel lasted as long as the aviators' ammunition held out (22 minutes) and afterward, unscathed Duelist Dickinson & friends counted 326 bullet holes in his plane. He received word that Duelist Mussolini had sustained a flesh wound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN SPAIN: Duel | 3/28/1938 | See Source »

...morning last week a surprised Eastern Airlines radioperator at Washington's awkward little airport received a message from an incoming plane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Airsick | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

...Arthur Schreiber got across the Atlantic as a stowaway on a French stunt flight from Old Orchard, Me. to Spain. But on commercial airlines the close watch kept on planes at airports makes unauthorized free rides next to impossible. One night last week in Indianapolis, 23-year-old John Henry Hagaman, after bumming his way by hitchhiking and rod-riding over most of North America, thought he would try his luck by air. His mother was in flood-stricken Van Nuys, Calif, and he wanted to get home in a hurry. Slipping aboard a T. W. A. transport during...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Stowaway | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

...report is on a similar indefinite plane. The suggestions for ad hoc committees to fill some of the permanent positions, and for the University to give its young men a clear understanding of what part research plays in promotion and just what constitutes research are extremely valuable. Yet, for the most part the latest product of the Student Council is inadequate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE COUNCIL MISSES FIRE | 3/18/1938 | See Source »

...fact that squash is now even penetrating warmer sections of the country, that with almost 400 players in the Houses it is probably Harvard's most popular sport. When the Cambridge University team meets the Crimson racquetmen on Thursday, March 24, intercollegiate squash will be on an international plane for the first time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Court Defeat by Elis a Sign of Growing Pains, Says Coach | 3/17/1938 | See Source »

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