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They picked his engine off his neck, His prop from out his belly-o. They sewed him in his uniform, And sent him home to Nelly-o, Crashed plumb to jelly-o- Don't lose your flying speed! He did a bank at ninety feet, It was a kinda foolish thing, And now he is the devil's meat, Or listenin' to the angels sing,- Try to get some altitude! He kicked his rudder right around, When landing cross wind to the breeze, And much to his surprise he found, He had an engine on his knees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Air Chanteys | 6/19/1933 | See Source »

...than President Roosevelt executed his second bold stroke in two days by asking it to enact such breath-taking proposals. His demand in a special message for "courageous, frank and prompt action" was predicated upon the necessity for balancing a budget more than $1,000,000,000 out of plumb. His economy reforms were designed to save at least half that sum. The measure giving him dictatorial power over veterans' expenditures and Federal salaries was entitled: "A Bill to Maintain the Credit of the United States...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Economy Bill | 3/20/1933 | See Source »

...Bramwell, R. L. Bentley, T. D. Boardman, J. L. Clark, W. L. Clark, Richard Cobb, G. S. Franklin, R. W. Gilder, G. G. Glidden, G. V. Hollins, H. S. Howes, R. H. Knapp, J. J. Knox, C. P. Lyman, L. B. Orr, R. M. Poet, J. H. Plumb, H. H. Poor, Gordon Robinson, E. R. Sargent, L. S. Shaw, J. R. Short, and L. N. Stevens...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COWLES MAKES FIRST SELECTION OF SQUADS | 11/8/1932 | See Source »

Blue (2.30) Cox, Tobey; Stroke, Cummin; 7, Schloss; 6, Lee; 5, Mallinckrodt; 4, Angel; 3, Hoyt; 2, Thayer; Bow, Plumb...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMEN CREW WORK ON CHARLES WITH COACH | 9/30/1932 | See Source »

...such as 18th Century, Empire, Directoire; 3) the neoclassic; 4) the Colonial; 5) the modernistic. Standard Sanitary emphasizes the neoclassic; Crane the Renaissance; Kohler the "Metropolitan," a modernistic style which, according to an exposition salesman, "means as much as Standard's neo-classic." But all three master plumbers plumb in all periods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: PLumbed Artforms | 7/4/1932 | See Source »

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